Mah Meri Cultural Village, Carey Island

Mah Meri Cultural Village (7 July, 2016)


The Mah Meri Cultural Village (GPS: 2.85164, 101.40391) is an interpretive centre of the Mah Meri culture on Pulau Carey. The Mah Meri tribe is renowned as wood carvers. Originally known as the Bersisi, the Mah Meri people settled in Pulau Carey, though their population today is just about 3,000 people.¹ The tribe has its villages at Kampung Sungai Bumbun and Perkampungan Sungai Judah.

Nowadays the entire Orang Asli settlement of Pulau Carey has been engulfed by the oil palm plantation, so it is no longer a jungle area but rather an oil palm estate (see street veiw below). To keep their traditions and customs alive, the Mah Meri has a cultural village at Kampung Sungai Bumbun². There are tour packages to the village that can be arranged.

I went to the Mah Meri Cultural Village on 7 July 2016, but found that it is closed. I am not sure whether the closure is permanent. It appears on the signboard that the centre is probably opened only by appointment.

Signboard at the Mah Meri Cultural Village (7 July, 2016)


A peek inside the Mah Meri Cultural Village (7 July, 2016)

Contact

Kampung Orang Asli Sungai Bumbun
42960 Pulau Carey, Selangor
Phone: 010 252 2800
Email: mmcvinfo@gmail.com

Arrived, at the Mah Meri Cultural Village.

Mah Meri Cultural Video

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