Sarawak native, Senior Orang Ulu musical in traditional costume. Orang Ulu is the indigenous groups found in Sarawak, Malaysia.
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Sarawak, MalaysiaMore information:
Orang Ulu ("remote people") is an ethnic designation politically coined to group together roughly 27 very small but ethnically diverse tribal groups in Sarawak, with populations ranging from less than 300 persons to over 25, 000 persons. The Orang Ulu typically live in longhouses elaborately decorated with murals and woodcarvings. They are also well known for their intricate beadwork detailed tattoos. The Orang Ulu tribes can also be identified by their unique music - distinctive sounds from their sapes, a plucked boat-shaped lute, formerly with two strings, nowadays usually with four strings. A vast majority of the Orang Ulu tribes are Christians but old traditional religions are still practiced in some areas.
