Did you know that an Orang Laut ‘adopts’ his boat spellbinding it with special supernatural powers? By doing so, they merge their own identity with the boat.
Living afloat the oceans in Southeast Asia are various groups of sea nomads. One such group is the Orang Suku Laut. For centuries, the ocean and coastal areas have been their life and living spaces.
Cynthia Chou will lead us on a journey with them to understand how they engage with the oceans.
Time: 25 January 2022 at 7pm (Jakarta time) on Zoom
This lecture is part of the Indonesian Heritage Society (IHS) Evening Lectures Series.
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Speaker: Cynthia Chou is Professor of Anthropology, C. Maxwell and Elizabeth M. Stanley Family Chair of Asian Studies and Director of the Center for Asian and Pacific Studies at the University of Iowa, U.S.A.
