Kepercayaan Masyarakat Orang Asli dalam Adat Memburu Haiwan

The Belief of Orang Asli (Indigenious) Community in The Custom of Hunting Animals

Abstract

Objektif kajian ini bertujuan untuk mengenal pasti mengenai kepercayaan masyarakat Orang Asli dalam adat memburu haiwan. Kajian ini menggunakan pendekatan etnografi dan kualitatif. Pendekatan etnografi menggunakan kaedah kajian lapangan seperti teknik pemerhatian, ikut serta dan temu bual informan yang arif soal adat istiadat Orang Asli. Seiringan dengan itu, kajian ini juga disokong dengan data sekunder menerusi kajian kepustakaan. Bersandarkan keperluan kajian ini, konsep kepercayaan gagasan Firth, Raymond dijadikan sebagai panduan dalam menyokong penilaian serta mencapai objektif kajian. Hasil kajian mendapati masyarakat Orang Asli sangat menyanjung tinggi adat dan berpegang pada kepercayaan yang diwarisi oleh mereka secara turun temurun. Oleh itu, kajian ini berkeperluan sebagai usaha mempertahankan serta memperkenalkan corak pemikiran masyarakat Orang Asli. Sumbangan kajian ini diharap dapat memacu penyebaran ilmu kepada generasi muda bagi memartabatkan khazanah adat memburu haiwan dan menambah lagi ilmu pengetahuan mengenai kehidupan masyarakat Orang Asli. Kajian ini menjadi serampang dua mata sebagai wadah memperkenalkan warisan budaya dan kebitaraan nenek moyang yang seharusnya diangkat kerana keunggulannya membentuk kearifan masyarakat Orang Asli.

The objective of this study is to identify the beliefs of the Orang Asli community in the custom of hunting animals. This study uses an ethnographical approach which are appropriate by tracing the chronology of animal hunting customs among the Orang Asli community. The ethnographic approach uses field research methods such as observation techniques, participation and interviews with informants who are knowledgeable about Orang Asli customs. Along with that, this study is also supported with secondary data through literature review. Relying on the requirements of this study, concepts belief by the idea of Raymond Firth was used as a guide in supporting the evaluation and achieving the objectives of the study. The results shows that the Orang Asli community highly respects customs and adheres to the beliefs inherited by them from a generation to to the next. It is indeed the belief in the custom of hunting animals for the Orang Asli as part of their identity which is a valued highly and are still treasured by certain groups of practitioners as a continuation of their customs and culture. Therefore, this study is necessary as an effort to defend and introduce the way of thinking of the Orang Asli community. The contribution of this study are expected to drive the spread of knowledge to the younger generation to dignify the unique treasures of the custom of hunting animals and as an additional knowledge about the lives of the Orang Asli community. This study may be a means of vehicle to introduce the cultural heritage and wisdom of the ancestors that should be raised because of its superiority in shaping the wisdom of the Orang Asli community. 

Keywords: custom, Firth Raymond, hunting, Orang Asli, wisdom, worldview