Temporary house for
fishing on the river.

Fishing is mainly a men's task. Men usually build temporary houses for fishing by the river and stay there for a week, returning home once a week.

Evi and Sabri fishing at the Betung Pond. Sometimes, women go fishing with their husbands but they usually stay at home with their children.

Mother and son in a rice field. Women usually engage in rice cultivation and rice is exclusively for their subsistence, while they sell fish and rubber in a market for cash.

Rice Harvest

Liza weaving a basket.

Petalangan Women
Makan si'i (eating betel nuts' leaves)

Nurzaman and his cousins
by a rubber tree.

Kak Muyum (Nurzaman's mother).

Mother and daughter.

Due to Minangkabau influence, the Petalangan people maintain matrilineal kinship system.

Men praying at the village mosque.

The Petalangans officially claim to be Muslims, while they still maintain their traditional spiritual practices.

A typical house in Betung

The gate of the village Betung

Some young adult males have their own motorcycles.

Betung villagers going to a market
on a truck.

A main transportation in Sorek (market town), called "Becha."

Recently, many young men in Betung have started to work at the neighboring logging sawmils.

A palm-oil plantation farm near Betung. Many young girls in Betung work as laborers in palm-oil plantations.