How do the spiritual, material, and natural worlds correlate and coincide in forming the culture and identity of various indigenous communities? In this podcast, immerse yourself in the wisdom shared by representatives from the Bunun community in Taiwan and the Semai, Melanau, and Borneon Highlander communities in Malaysia.

01:10-Tama Dahu from Pasikaw, the Bunun community, explains how his people derive their way of life, customs, beliefs, worldview, and identity from the forest, how changes in the forest affected the Bunun, and what they are doing for the continuity of the Bunun wisdom.

16:52-Ronnie Bahari shares how the Semai tribe, also known as dream people, uses dream to navigate their daily lives, from farming to hunting to healing.

29:51-Walid Ali talks about the Melanau tribe and as river people, what the canoe and paddle mean to them as well as being in tuned with what they refer to as 'King of the River'.

40:07-Adrian Jo Milang and Juvita Tatan Wan describe the few but highly important objects of belonging which the Dayak people hold dear to them as part of their identity, no matter where they are.

Interviewee: Tama Dahu, Ronnie Bahari, Walid Ali, Adrian Jo Milang, Juvita Tatan Wan

Interviewer: Yunjie Liao, Wei Ling Hung, Wendi Sia, Wendy Teo

Recording: Nigel Brown, Wendy Teo. Kah Hoe

Editing/mixing/sound design: Nigel Brown

The project is initiated by The Corridor from Taiwan & Borneo Laboratory from Malaysia with support from Asia Cultural Council.