One evening in November 2021, in the village of Kampung Kaloi in Malaysia’s Kelantan state, villagers gathered at the community hall. Their blind shaman, Along Busu, sat alone and stared straight ahead. His wife Muna Angah lay behind him. She had been coughing for months. Doctors at the nearest hospital, about 55km away, could not diagnose her illness. Along was.
Losing Trees and Identities . This is Part 4 of our four-part #LadangHutan series. In-process: There may be corrections made to some of the Orang Asli terms in this story post-publication. ON THE evening of 21 November 2021.