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Originsofthe'Malays'FinalConclusion(Pt 2)
MichaelChick|1:33PMFeb3,2009

Meanwhile,theDravidicsventuredeastwardagain.Theytookthe samepathtakenbytheirancestors,marriedthelocalMongoloids andsettledinthemountainousregionsofTibet,Nepal,Bhutan, Burma,Thailand,Laos,CambodiaandVietnam. TheTamilscalledthesemediumbrownpeopleMalai,which translatestohillpeople.ItisnosurprisethatwhentheDravidics arrivedatLembahBujanginMalayainthesecondcentury,they wouldhaveinsistedoncallingtheMalayanAustronesiansMalaias well. Yousee,set againstthe backdropof LembahBujangis amountaincalled GunungJerai,and justbehindit,the Titiwangsa mountainrange. Itissmallerbut notunlikethe GreatHimalayas ofIndia. Backtothehill tribesofIndochine.MorefamiliarnameswouldbetheKaren (pronouncedKayen),Karenni(pronouncedKayeni),Mon,Mon Khmer,KhmerMon,Hmong,Huong,Chin,Lat,Shan,Tai,andsoon soforth.Physicalanthropologywillimmediatelyshowthatthese arerelativelyidenticalpeople,aresultofDravidicandMongoloid crossbreeding. Itisnowtimetorecallthecoffeeandmilkmixillustrationby whichIbeganthisnarrative.Whicheverskewthepresentdaytribe has,theirskincolourandtellingfacialfeatureswouldimmediately indicatewhethertheindividualwasmoreDravidicorMongoloid. Interestingly,theMonKhmer,theKhmerMon,theMonandthe Thaisareidenticalpeople.Separatedonlybyyearsofpledging allegiancetodifferentroyaltiesanddistinctlanguages. However,theirwritinggivesitaway.AllIndochineformsofwriting comefromSanskritorigins(butthenagain,soisArabic).The Vietnamesehowever,sincebeingoccupiedbyChinaforoverone thousandyears,thus,wereforcedtouseChinesecharactersofthe ImperialMandarincourt,untiltheFrenchtookoverinthe19th Century. Then,theVietnameseadoptedthemoderndayromanisedformof writing.Phonetically,however,theystillsoundverysimilartotheir Cambodian,ThaiandBurmesecousins.Thereisaheavyoverlapof grammaticalwords. ThetwolinguisticgroupsofSoutheastAsiawouldbetheAstro
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AsiaticandtheAustronesian.Butthatissimplybecauseonegroup traveledviaTaiwan,andthushadamoreMongoloidlinguistic infusion,whiletheothergrouptraveledoverlandviaIndochineand retainedadifferentsetoflinguistictraits. LegendoftheKhmer KhmerlegendspeaksspecificallythattheKhmerpeoplestarted whenalocalprincesmarriedatall,dark,handsomestrangerfrom India.ThislegendhasbeenconfirmedwiththebenefitofDNA testing. ScientiststodaybelievethattheAustronesiansoftodayareadirect crossbreedoftheDravidicIndiansandtheMongoloids.However, itisalsoimportanttonote,thatsincetheAustronesiansmoved intotheAustraloMelanesianterritories,theyhadalsointerbred withtheseexAfricans. ThepeopleofBalilookdistinctlydifferentfromtheJavanese,with thenewinclusionofAfricanlikephysicaltraitslikelargerlower lipsandsoon.Sotoo,wouldtheJakun,andtheTemiahtribein MalaysiawiththeirAfricanfacialfeaturesandshortfrizzyhair. Interestingly,thetribesofSabahand Sarawak,continuetolookremarkably similartotheirBurmesecousins. Almostlikeidenticaltwins,theKayan, oftheupperBaramRivernearMulu, sharetheexactsamephysical featuresandidenticaltribalnamewith theKaren.Coincidence?Probablynot. Yousee,Borneowasknowntohave beenvisitedbyChamtradingvessels andwarshipseversincetheChampa kingdomwasestablished.Chinese shipswerealsoknowntohavelanded attheNiahcavestopartakeinthe legendarybirdsnesttradenearly threethousandyearsago. Thisestablishesthemobility possibilitiesoftheKaren(Burma)and theKayan(Sarawak).Andonlybecauseofthenumerousand continuousIndochinewarsthattheKayen,retreatedintothe VietnameseandLaosjungles. YouwillstillseesomeofthemlivingaroundtheDalathighlands. Buttoday,themajoritywouldhavemovedwellintoLaosand Cambodianterritoryandthemountainousregionsnorthwestof Hanoibecauseofmultiplewars. OnepeculiarityoftheChampeoplefromtheChampakingdom, (fromwhichmostKelantanesesweartooriginatefrom),istheir distinctivelooks:ameshoftheCambodians(andpeoplefromthe ChaoDocbordertowninVietnam)andthecentralVietnamese Cham. ThecentralChamlookmuchmoreDravidicandAustronesian, whereastheChauDocandCambodainChamaremuchfairer.The clueliesinthefactthattheChampakingdomwasonacontinuous retreat,beingviciouslyattackedbythenorthernVietnamese.
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TheChamretreatedsouthwardandwestwardintothehills,overa durationof1,300years.Thoseretreatingintothehillshad,over time,interbredwiththehilltribesofLaosandBurma.Thus,with theinterjectionofTibetanblood,theytendtobefairer,andlook moreMongoloidthantheirdarkerskinnedAustronesiancousinsin centralVietnam. TheseChamTibetanpeopleslowlymovedsouthward,andendedup inKampongCham,KampongChnnangandChauDocrespectively. Itisnorocketsciencethen,tosaythattheCambodianandChau DocChamhavejustasmuchaffinitywiththeDalaiLamaasthey dowiththeMajapahitroyaltyofJava.Why? War,interbreedingandtrade TheKingdomofChampawasalsoatwarwithJava.Nottomention thattheChamwerealsoatwarwiththekingdomofAngkor.Itwas notareligiouswar,becauseallofthemwereeitherHinduor Buddhistatsomepointoranother,butmoreaterritorialwar, whichendedupinslavery,rape,anddeath. Crossbreedingthuscontinuouslyoccurredovertime,all throughoutthethousandoddyearswhenallthesethreekingdoms wagedwaragainsteachother.So,weinevitablyobserveextreme similaritiesbetweenthislongdrawnthreecorneredwar. PoKlongRame(aChamGodKing)wassaidtohavehadfour wives.OnewasJavanese,thesecondwasVietnamese,andthe othertwowereHinduChamandChamBani. FromMySon(pronouncedmeesern)inVietnam,toBorrobudorin Java,andAngkorinCambodia,therewasliterallynopeaceduring theonethousandyearsofcontinuosbloodshed.Theendeffectis, thatpeoplefromthesethreekingdomsstartedtointerbreedona massivescale.Thus,therelativehomogeneityofthethreesaid kingdoms. TheCampakingdom wasalsohavingtrade lineswithAceh,via Pattani.WithKelantan justslightlytothe south,wecaneasily understandhowsome Chamwouldhave settledinpresentday Kelantan,ifnothing else,toescapethe continuoswarsinthe Champakingdom. Inshort,itwouldbe relativelysafetodeducethattheAustronesiansareathoroughmix ofMongoloid,DravidicandAfrican(AustraloMelanesian)blood. ThiswouldbetowardtheendoftheclassicalAngkorianperiod. DuringthebirthofJesusChrist,cameanotherinfluxofAraband Persianblood.Initially,theArabsarrivedaspirates,andpillaged theirwayrightuptoPeking.Theythenretreatedandsettledin Celebes,onlytointerbreedwithabandoffleeingMongolswho wereostracisedfromtheirland.TheendresultaretheBugis people.
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Andfromthem,cametheSuluksinsouthernMindanao.Boththe BugisandtheSulukswereknowntoberuthlesspiratesuntilrecent times.Fortunately,thelaterwavesofArabarrivalsweremuchless violentastheyweremostlytraderswhocameinpeace. TheBugisweresuchfearsomeseamen,thatParameswaradidnot hesitatetousethemasthecorenavyofhisRoyalSampan Armada. MICHAELCHICKispursuinghisMastersinhistoryattheNational UniversityofSingapore. Originsofthe'Malays'FinalConclusion(Pt1) Originsofthe'Malays'FinalConclusion(Pt3) Source:http://www.malaysiakini.com/opinions/97478
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