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Asli I had previously met who called himself Bot. In Malay, he said “you can call
me Bot, or Bot Bot” (Fig. 16). My objective was to interview family units around
the lake area, adjacent tributaries, all the way down to where Chini drains into
Rompin River. Anyway, I hired Bot to guide us around to the family units in the
area. We had provisions with us for a long day (Fig. 17). The four of us loaded the
two skiffs and left fairly early in the morning.
Fig. 13 Children at the Tasik Chini reservation, Pahang, Malaysia, 1974
Fig. 14 The nurse practitioner at Tasik Chini, Pahang, Malaysia, 1974
Orang Asli Anecdotal Reflections
Asli I had previously met who called himself Bot. In Malay, he said “you can call
me Bot, or Bot Bot” (Fig. 16). My objective was to interview family units around
the lake area, adjacent tributaries, all the way down to where Chini drains into
Rompin River. Anyway, I hired Bot to guide us around to the family units in the
area. We had provisions with us for a long day (Fig. 17). The four of us loaded the
two skiffs and left fairly early in the morning.
Fig. 13 Children at the Tasik Chini reservation, Pahang, Malaysia, 1974
Fig. 14 The nurse practitioner at Tasik Chini, Pahang, Malaysia, 1974
Orang Asli Anecdotal Reflections