Orang Asli moving out to cooler forest dwellings

Annual exodus: Semaq Beri villagers moving their belongings to their temporary homes by the banks of Tasik Kenyir and the surrounding forest of Terengganu. — Bernama

KUALA BERANG: The sweltering heat has forced a group of Orang Asli of the Semaq Beri community here to leave their village for much cooler dwellings in the forest of Terengganu.

A villager, Hitam Keladi, 60, said leaving their homes in Kampung Sungai Berua, near here, to live in the jungles around Tasik Kenyir was a normal thing to do when the temperatures soar during the hot season.