page_title: Terengganuan Malay people
hierarchical_section_title: Terengganuan Malay people
caption_attribution_description: English: Identifier: womenofallnation01joyc Title: Women of all nations, a record of their characteristics, habits, manners, customs and influence; Year: 1908 (1900s) Authors: Joyce, Thomas Athol, 1878-1942 Thomas, Northcote Whitridge, 1868- Subjects: Women Publisher: London, New York (etc.)&#160;: Cassell and Company, limited Contributing Library: University of California Libraries Digitizing Sponsor: Internet Archive View Book Page: Book Viewer About This Book: Catalog Entry View All Images: All Images From Book Click here to view book online to see this illustration in context in a browseable online version of this book. Text Appearing Before Image: ilybuilt, rather than svelte, she is inclined toover-stoutness, and her build produces in middle age a tendency to become somewhatunpleasantly coarse and fat. Her feet andhands are small, but the latter are inclinedto be somewhat too stumpy and fiat und(&gt;r-neath. Her joints are, as compared witlithose of Europeans, mar\ellously small andsupple. On the other hand, it must beremembered that the Malay standard of awomans comeliness is not ours; and it isat least interesting to see how well theMalay description of a beautiful woman em-phasises the chief jwints of a typicalspecimen of the race. Her brow, as we read in many Malaypoems and romances, should be like the one-day-old moon, her eyebrows arched likethe curved spur of the fighting-cock or likewaved handwriting—anyone who is ac-quainted with the long and delicate curvesof the Arabic caligraphy as employed by theMalays will appreciate the vividness ofthis comparison. Her cheek should re-semble the soft, smooth side of the mango- Text Appearing After Image: MARRIED MALAY_ WOMAN OF TRENGGANU. Dressed in a short jacket [baju) of Kelantan make, with two sarongs in place of skirls, one worn above the other. 196 WOMEN OF ALL NATIONS fruit&#160;; her nose should be hke an openingjasmine-bud, or a freshly-sharpened reed-pen (the converse of the Shakespearian read-ing of his nose was as sharp as a pen,which latter was hardly intended, perhaps,as a comphment). Her ear should be likea fading lotus or water-lily&#160;; her luxuriantraven-black hair like the crisped blossom-shoots of the areca-palm. Her neck shouldhave a triple row of dimples&#160;; her breastsshould be full and ripening, and her waistlissome as the stem of a flower. Her heelshould be of a perfect oval, like the eggof a bird&#160;; her fingers should resemble thelance-like leaves of the lemon-grass, or taperat both ends like the quills of the porcupine.Her eyes should be as the splendour of theplanet Venus, and her lips like the crimsonfissure of a bursting pomegranate. Before betrothal, some represent Note About Images Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original work.
context_page_description: Terengganurians, Terengganuans or Terengganu Malays are a Malay ethnic group native to the state of Terengganu, on the east coast of Peninsular Malaysia. Besides Terengganu, they can also be found in the neighbouring states of Pahang, Johor and their descendants can also be found in the Anambas Islands in Indonesia. As of 2010, it is estimated that the population of Terengganuan Malays are around 1.1 million people, which forms 94% of Terengganu state's population, making them the dominant ethnic group in the state.
  Terengganuan Malays have a distinct cultural, historical and linguistic identity from the rest of the Malay ethnic group in the country, especially their spoken language, which is somewhat mutually unintelligible to West Coast Peninsular Malaysian Malay speakers. Terengganu Malays also have a strong state identity and they used to have their own independent sultanate which still exists today but became part of Malaya. Terengganuans, along with the Kelantanese and Pahangites are considered as Orang Pantai Timur and these three groups have close ties in terms of cultures, languages, history and kinship.
context_section_description: Terengganurians, Terengganuans or Terengganu Malays (Malaysian: Melayu Terengganu, Terengganu Malay: Oghang Tranung/Ganu/Ganung/Teganu) are a Malay ethnic group native to the state of Terengganu, on the east coast of Peninsular Malaysia. Besides Terengganu, they can also be found in the neighbouring states of Pahang (in the districts of Kuantan, Pekan and Rompin), Johor (especially in Mersing) and their descendants can also be found in the Anambas Islands (part of the Riau Islands province) in Indonesia. As of 2010, it is estimated that the population of Terengganuan Malays are around 1.1 million people, which forms 94% of Terengganu state's population, making them the dominant ethnic group in the state. 
  Terengganuan Malays have a distinct cultural, historical and linguistic identity from the rest of the Malay ethnic group in the country, especially their spoken language, which is somewhat mutually unintelligible to West Coast Peninsular Malaysian Malay speakers. Terengganu Malays also have a strong state identity and they used to have their own independent sultanate which still exists today but became part of Malaya (later Malaysia). Terengganuans, along with the Kelantanese and Pahangites are considered as Orang Pantai Timur (People of the East Coast) and these three groups have close ties in terms of cultures, languages, history and kinship.
caption: A Terengganuan Malay woman in traditional attire, 1908.
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