Indigenous Knowledge is defined by UNESCO as the understandings, skills and philosophies that is formed by communities through a continuous interaction between the natural surroundings with its people. The traditions and customs of indigenous knowledge particularly traditional healing rituals within the Melanau community are being forgotten as they are less practice nowadays. Balau or scientifically known as mextroxylon sagu is a plant that is closely related to the traditional healing practice and the way of life of the Melanau community. The objectives of the paper are: to identify the uses of balau among the Melanau community and to analyse the types and practices of Melanau traditional healing rituals. This paper uses a qualitative approach which includes in-depth interview and observation to gather all the data. The findings of this paper are: there are many functions of balau in the daily use of the Melanau community as a source of food, income and healing; and there are several types of traditional healing rituals that already not practice by the Melanau community due to the availability of modern medicine and religious conversion. To preserve the practices of indigenous knowledge mainly traditional healing rituals are challenging due to the rapid modernization.
The Spratly Islands Dispute in the South China Sea has been the most contested maritime area in recent years. This writing intends to understand the disputes happening around the South China Sea which specify on Spratly Island which is in hot area and being claimed by many countries surrounded the island. Hence, ASEAN as the supranational institution that involves with the countries within South East Asia responsible to unite and overcome the conflict within the area to avoid any subsequent that could worsen in future. As a representation institution among the South East Asia, ASEAN multilateral has suggested initiative such as pushing for the Code of Conduct among the claimant countries. The writing also studied about on ASEAN countries claim on the Spratly Islands in the South China Sea enhanced our understanding on how to pursue national interest through the law of the sea and conflict resolution. I choose this type of methodology which is Qualitative and Quantitative method. For data collection, in-depth interviews and desktop research were carried out. Quantitative method usually uses numbers or numerical data to explain a phenomenon. It involves seeking ways to validate hypothesis and pre-plan with variables on how to explain occurrences. However, the writing uses qualitative method. The multilateral regional organization like ASEAN has played substantial role in managing and solving the Spratly Islands dispute in the SCS. This writing will analyse the role of ASEAN and the involvement of ASEAN countries in various talks and agreements on in the Spratly Islands dispute.
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