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Kubu People-Jambi

JAMBI, Ocotober 31 : The term Kubu is a Malay exonym ascribed to mobile, animist peoples (Orang Batin Sembilan, Orang Rimba or Anak Dalam) who live throughout the lowland forests of Southeast Sumatra. In the Malay language, the word Kubu can mean defensive fortification, entrenchment, or a place of refuge. It is metaphor for how the majority and dominant Islamic Melayu villagers believe them to use the interior forests as a means for resisting inclusion in the larger Malay social and Islamic religious world. As is the case with other forest peoples in the region, the term Kubu is associated with very negative connotations. For the first time the people visited by Indonesian President JOKOWIDODO during his visit to see the update situation of smoke disaster that hit Jambi. (Photo by Donal Husni/NurPhoto)

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