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4374 - Kajang, Selangor, Malaysia

This card explains "A bus conductor, decked in cardboard coloured uniform and carry a green bag full of stack of bus tickets, would punch a hole on the ticket of the bus stop number which he boarded the bus at to make sure he paid the correct fare." On the back of the card are reproductions of the actual bus tickets. 

4088 - Bangi, Selangor, Malaysia

The headdress on the front is from the Malaysian Indigenous people called the Kenyah. This translates to 'upriver people.' The Kenyah were traditionally swidden agriculturalists. This means they would cut and burn an area to cultivate for crops. The downed vegetation is left to dry, usually right before the rainy season. The biomass is then burned, resulting in a nutrient rich layer of ash which increases soil fertility and temporarily eliminates weeds and pests. In a few years, the soil wouldn't be able to support crops anymore so then a new area would be cut and burned, allowing the first area to grow over again. Kenyah people lived in longhouses of small communities. Each longhouse would choose their own leader.  It is estimated there are about 100 000 Kenyah people living in Malaysia and Indonesia.