Solastalgia

15 minutes away from our international airport, KLIA, live the Temuan tribe. In this book, Temuan Master Weavers Yau Niuk and her daughter Nadiawati Miah take readers through the step-by-step process of pandanus craft making, from harvesting to weaving the Mad Weave technique. In between, the mother- daughter duo shares anecdotes from the past, present, and their view of the future, all of which reveal their close relationship to the land and nature.

What is the relationship between the forest, crafts, and the people? And why does the breakdown of one affect the others? Through a series of conversations, observations, and reflections encountered and experienced throughout our 3-year fieldwork, this book explores the intimate relationship Malaysia’s indigenous people have with the land and sea, and how the survival of their culture and crafts depends on the survival of the forests.