Malaysia Book of Records

Mah Meri Cultural Village

In Conjunction to the 10th. year CIMB Foundation

CONTENT

 Malaysian Book of Records details

 Event highlights

 Certificate of participation

 Acknowledgements

 Data

Kampong Orang Asli Sungai Bumbun, 42690 Pulau Carey

Terima Kasih
Kuala Langat, Selangor
CIMB Foundation
www.mmcv.org.my
dan semua yang terlibat
Buku cenderahati khas, penghargaan
kepada semua yang terlibat
1hb.January 2018
Page 2 Special Thanks to
1. DULI YANG MAHA MULIA
MALAYSIA BOOK OF RECORDS PADUKA SERI SULTAN PERAK DARUL RIDZUAN
SULTAN NAZRIN MUIZZUDDIN SHAH

2. Dato' Seri Mohamed Nazir bin Tun Abdul Razak

3. YM Tengku Dato’ Sri Zafrul Aziz bin Tengku Abdul Aziz

The Attempt
4. Dato’ Hamidah Naziadin
Most Number of Palm Leaf Origami Displays On A Mah Meri Cone
5. ToK Batin Kg. Orang asli Sungai Bumbun, Pulau Carey
Name of Organization attempting the record
6. Tok Batin Kg. Orang Asli, Sungai Rambai, Pulau Carey
Mah Meri Cultural Village
7. Tok Batin Kg. Orang Asli, Sungai Judah, Pulau Carey
Objective 8. PERHEBAT, Angkatan Tentera Malaysia ( ATM )
 Create awareness on orang asli arts & culture 9. PERKEP, Polis DiRaja Malaysia ( PDRM )
 To make Mah Meri leaf origami as a tangible national heritage 10. Kelab Kebudayaan Mah Meri ( Tarikite )
 To claim Mah Meri leaf origami as the earliest origami in the world Data
Date Height of Cone: 15 feet
12th. November 2017 Base Diameter of Cone : 8 feet
Vanue
Length of leaf origami snake : 200 feet
The Curve Shopping Mall, Petaling Jaya, Selangor,
Number of leaf origami : 8,888
Event
Number of palm shoots used : 400
10th Year CIMB Foundation Anniversary
Number of individual volunteers :
Total Number Achived 8,888
Number of participating organizations : 22

Number of participating Mah Meri Villagers : 3

Total Number of Mah Meri Villages : 10

Total Mah Meri Population : 4,200

Total Number of Indigenous Population : 210,000

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1. CIMB Foundation ( 208 )

2. PERKEP PDRM ( 204 )

3. PERHEBAT Mindef Sg. Buluh ( 315 ) Background Information

4. UiTM ( 25 ) 1. Palm Leaf Origami

5. UITM Seremban Tiga ( 127 ) Palm Leaf Origami is known as the Flowers of the spirits or Bunga Moyang to the Mah
Meri indigenous tribe of Malaysia.
6. Uitm Puncak Alam ( 20 )
2. Mah Meri Cone
7. Sunway University ( 195 )

8. University Malaya ( 18 ) Mah Meri Cone is made from either bamboo or mangrove timber wrap with palm leaf
origami in a shape of a snake.
9. Parents & members of Tarikite group, Carey Island ( 1,000 )
3. Mah Meri tribe
10. Origami Center, Carey Island ( 2,200 )

11. Kg. Orang asli Sungai Bumbun, Pulau Carey ( 1,800 ) Discovered by the British in late nineteen century while opening land for a plantation,
Edward Valentine Carey used the services of the Mah Meri to clear the land for his
12. Kg. Orang Asli, Sungai Judah, Pulau Carey ( 1,400 )
plantation. Now famed for the spiritual mangrove sculpturing, leaf origami, rituals
13. Kolej Antarabangsa Green City ( 1 ) and practices, they lived in about 10 different villages in Selangor. Their culture and
14. Great Heart Charity ( 26 ) religion predates most of our social system. The total population of Mah Meri in
15. Majlis Buku Malaysia ( 20 ) Malaysia is 4,200.

16. Persatuan Senifoto PJ ( 15 )

17. UKM ( 24 )
Book authored by Rashid Esa,
18. Jabatan Warisan Malaysia ( 72 ) Director of Mah Meri Cultural Village

19. Yayasan Sunbeams Home ( 2 )

20. SJKC Damansara ( 41 )

21. MRSM ( 34 )

22. Antie Jonas ( 66 )

Ribi, a Mah Meri member of the tribe
23. Individual volunteers ( 1075 )
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CLOCKWISE
Waiting for results
Verifying documents by
MBR officials
The final count
The record
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CLOCKWISE
Public volunteers displaying certificate of
participation
Great Heart Charity volunteers with certificates
Tourists receiving briefing
Volunteers starting the attempt
Prime Minister’s mother
Dato’ Seri Nazir putting the final flower

LEFT
ABOVE
Harvesting and transporting fronds home to
the Origami Center, Carey Island. Installing the cone
Weaving the leaves into Flowers of the spirits. 200 ft. of leaves folded into a ‘snake’
Arrival flowers from Carey Island
Preparing the ‘snake’ to wrap the cone
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ABOVE
ABOVE
Jabatan Warisan Malaysia
DYMM Sultan of Perak receiving briefing PERKEP
DYMM capping the first flower UiTM
Leaf Origami Volunteer
Registration Internatinal Women Association President
Volunteers start weaving chatting with Mr Rashid
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LEFT
Nicol Ann David with Mah Meri youth dancers
PERHEBAT volunteers
Public volunteers
Family volunteers
Hans Isaac with Dato’ Seri Nazir & Datuk
Hamidah Nazaidin
UiTM volunteers
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ABOVE
PERHEBAT Volunteers ( pink)
UiTM Volunteers ( bright orange)
CIMB Volunteers ( blue )
Public volunteers