31-464: Kampong Sengkurong is a village in the west of Brunei-Muara District , Brunei . The total population was 5,003 in 2016. The names Sengkurong and Bengkurong have a number of different origin stories, but according to Dusun speakers , Sengkurong means Kurong People and Bengkurong means Kurong River. In the past, the region around Sengkurong/Bengkurong was probably known as Kurong. Kurong can also refer to an enclosure. The river that once ran through
62-404: A disadvantage. The exchange of men or women served as a uniting force between groups. Dual exogamy, in which two groups continually intermarry with each other, is a traditional form of arranging marriages in numerous modern societies and in many societies described in classical literature. It can be matrilineal or patrilineal. It is practiced by some Australian tribes , historically widespread in
93-400: A given gene. J. F. McLennan holds that exogamy was due originally to a scarcity of women among small bands. Men were obliged to seek wives from other groups, including marriage by capture , and exogamy developed as a cultural custom. Émile Durkheim derives exogamy from totemism . He said that a people had religious respect for the blood of a totemic clan, for the clan totem is a god and
124-473: A greater rate than the general population. Cultural exogamy is the custom of marrying outside a specified group of people to which a person belongs. Thus, persons may be expected to marry outside their totem clan(s) or other groups, in addition to outside closer blood relatives. Researchers have proposed different theories to account for the origin of exogamy. Edvard Westermarck said an aversion to marriage between blood relatives or near kin emerged with
155-422: A parental deterrence of incest . From a genetic point of view, aversion to breeding with close relatives results in fewer congenital diseases. If one person has a faulty gene, breeding outside his group increases the chances that his partner will have another functional type gene and their child may not suffer the defect. Outbreeding favours the condition of heterozygosity , that is having two nonidentical copies of
186-634: A permanent building. Kampung Sengkurong 'A' became the focus of public gatherings and also became a focal point with the construction of several government buildings such as the Jerudong Prison on 1 March 1954 and the Sengkurong Police Station around 1929. There is also a brick manufacturing company in this village which was run by the Soon Lee Brickworks Company starting in the early 1940s and 1950s as
217-514: A primary school. Because the majority of Brunei's population is Muslims, many villages have mosques , particularly serving the need of Jumu'ah or congregational Friday prayers, as well as a religious primary school for its resident Muslim pupils. There are also at least a grocery store present in many villages, as well as a few other miscellaneous shops such as eateries, tailors, and barbers or salons. A village may have population ranging from hundreds to less than ten thousand people. Also, not all of
248-824: Is also inhabited by other tribes such as the Malay Brunei , Tutong , Belait and foreign workers such as from Indonesia , China , India , Bangladesh and so on. Currently, there are several government department branch buildings in this village such as the Sengkurong Branch Electrical Services Department, the Sengkurong Postal Services Department and the Silver Jubilee Health Center Sengkurong. Sultan Sharif Ali Mosque serves Sengkurong as well as
279-413: Is generally the traditional rural settlement , in particular in the sense of a kampong or Malay traditional village, but it may also be an urbanised settlement within or near the capital city or a town , or part of the public housing estates . The population varies from hundreds to a few thousands. Villages are administered under the district office of the district where they belong. A village
310-462: Is headed by a village head ( ketua kampung ). It is an elected position, whereby the populace nominates candidates to the district office and votes among the approved nominees. The nominee may be of an age between 30 and 55 years old. The elected person shall be in office for up to ten years. A village may also have a Village Consultative Council ( Majlis Perundingan Kampung ), the local equivalent of community association . A key outcome of
341-411: Is marrying outside a specific cultural group; the opposite being endogamy , marriage within a social group. Exogamy often results in two individuals that are not closely genetically related marrying each other; that is, outbreeding as opposed to inbreeding . This may benefit offspring as it reduces the risk of the offspring inheriting two copies of a defective gene. Nancy Wilmsen Thornhill states that
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#1732772381731372-515: Is present especially in the blood, a sacred substance. In some forms of Hinduism such as Shaktism , people can only marry outside their gotra which is a traditional group of people who may be distantly related but have been living in the same area or have an ancestral home in the same area. Morgan maintains that exogamy was introduced to prevent marriage between blood relations, especially between brother and sister, which had been common in an earlier state of promiscuity. Frazer says that exogamy
403-400: Is the lineage of the previous population who inherited the land from generation to generation. It can be said that the original residents of this village come from the same lineage. That's why among the native population, the family relationship is still not so distant and interconnected. However, around the 1980s, the mixing of the population began to be seen due to the intermarriage between
434-456: The Turkic societies , Taï societies ( Ivory Coast ), Eskimo , among Ob-Ugrians and others. In tribal societies, the dual exogamy union lasted for many generations, ultimately uniting the groups initially unrelated by blood or language into a single tribe or nation. Linguistic exogamy is a form of cultural exogamy in which marriage occurs between speakers of different languages. The custom
465-672: The Sayyidina Hussain Secondary School Building, sports courts and so on. For administrative purposes the village has been divided into, and established as, two village subdivisions : Both are villages within Mukim Sengkurong . The village contains a commercial area . It is one of the few outside Bandar Seri Begawan and within Brunei-Muara District. The commercial area comprises rows of shophouses, mainly clustered in
496-404: The area meandered, as do most rivers. It formerly meandered so much that it virtually formed a circle around the location. According to legend, this river's meandering sections once intersected and formed a circle when flooding occurred, but this circular path was interrupted because of the river's rapid flow. Geographically speaking, the circle creates an oxbow lake that is completely cut off from
527-450: The council is One Village One Product ( Satu Kampung Satu Produk , abbreviated as "1K1P"), which promotes local goods produced in the village. It was stated on 13 October 1976, that the four districts of Brunei had come up with a plan wherein signboards listing the names of the villages would be placed in each kampong. At the edges of each village, the boards will be erected. There are already signboards in place at almost every village in
558-495: The districts of Brunei-Muara, Belait, and around 50 in Tutong. A typical Bruneian village may have basic socio-economic infrastructures which are similar to other villages elsewhere but may also be unique to Brunei or countries which have predominantly Islamic Malay culture. For communal purposes, there may be a balai raya or dewan kemasyarakatan , the local equivalent of a community centre . A Bruneian village typically has
589-443: The drive in humans to not reproduce or be attracted to one's immediate family is evolutionarily adaptive, as it reduces the risk of children having genetic defects caused by inbreeding, as a result of inheriting two copies of a deleterious recessive gene. In one Old Order Amish society, inbreeding increases the risk of "neonatal and postneonatal mortality." In French populations, the children of first cousins develop cystinosis at
620-605: The location to build a community hall which is said to be the site of the current Sengkurong Malay Company Building. Around 1930, on the initiative of the Village Head at that time, the late Haji Tamit bin Asmat and his men, they built the Sengkurong Malay School in a joint effort, the materials of which were semi-permanent. This school was then upgraded eight years later by the government by replacing it into
651-587: The main supplier once upon a time. In 1969, on the initiative of the villagers, the Sengkurong Malay Company was established with the aim of improving the economy of its members. This village is also often the focus when several commercial buildings are also developed in this area starting in the 1980s until now. Several infrastructures have also been created such as the Community Hall, the footbridge in front of Sengkurong Primary School,
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#1732772381731682-415: The populaces may also be subjected under the jurisdiction of respective municipal departments. Even though Kampong Ayer has the term ' kampong ' in its name, it is not officially a village subdivision. In fact, Kampong Ayer is made up of several villages constituting a few subdistricts. Exogamy Exogamy is the social norm of mating or marrying outside one's social group . The group defines
713-463: The residents of this village and people who do not come from this village. Land development factors such as renting houses and selling land to outsiders also contribute to population mixing. Added to this, business activities are becoming more and more lively, making this village a shelter for workers from foreign nations. Until now, Kampong Sengkurong 'A' is no longer dominated by the Kedayan tribe, but
744-514: The river. The name kurong , which means to be contained, survived the disappearance of the cut-off portion through time. Kampong Sengkurong is one of the villages along Jalan Tutong , a primary road which links the capital Bandar Seri Begawan to Pekan Tutong , the town of Tutong District . Referring to sources obtained from the Ketua Kampong Sengkurong 'A', around the 20th century, the villagers chose Kampong Mengawang as
775-466: The scope and extent of exogamy, and the rules and enforcement mechanisms that ensure its continuity. One form of exogamy is dual exogamy , in which two groups continually intermarry with each other. In social science , exogamy is viewed as a combination of two related aspects: biological and cultural. Biological exogamy is the marriage of people who are not blood relatives . This is regulated by incest taboos and laws against incest . Cultural exogamy
806-568: The socio-economic amenities are present in every village. Some villages do not have primary and/or religious primary school – prospective resident pupils go to the schools in nearby villages. Some village subdivisions are simply designated public housing areas but having the population size comparable to a village. Other villages, especially in the more urban areas, may be large enough to function socio-economically as towns but without any municipal body. Several villages may also be part of municipal areas of Bandar Seri Begawan and other district towns, thus
837-464: The surrounding villages. It was inaugurated by Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah on 28 February 1986. The mosque can accommodate 3,000 worshippers. Several infrastructures have also been created such as the Community Hall, the footbridge in front of a primary school, the Sayyidina Hussain Secondary School Building, sports courts and so on. Sengkurong Primary School is the village's government primary school. It also shares grounds with Sengkurong Religious School,
868-405: The total population of Kampung Sengkurong 'A' is 4,553 people, consisting of 2,398 males and 2,155 females. A total of 790 residences in this village. The original residents of Kampong Sengkurong 'A' are Muslim Kedayan tribe . The existence of the Kedayan tribe in this village has existed for hundreds of years because it was the initial settlement of their ancestors. Therefore, the current population
899-514: The vicinity of the intersection between Jalan Tutong and Jalan Jerudong. According to Dr. Awang Haji Abdullah Hanif, currently most of the people in his village are working with the government in addition to some working on their own such as making kalupis and handicrafts including making sticks, jewelry , machetes and daggers . According to the 2011 Population Census conducted by the Department of Economic Planning and Development (JPKE),
930-406: The village's government school for the country's Islamic religious primary education . Other facilities located in the village include: Villages of Brunei A village ( Malay : kampung or kampong ) is the third and lowest administrative division of Brunei . It is headed by a village head ( ketua kampung ). Several villages are grouped together to form a mukim . A village
961-520: Was begun to maintain the survival of family groups, especially when single families became larger political groups. Claude Lévi-Strauss introduced the "Alliance Theory" of exogamy, that is, that small groups must force their members to marry outside so as to build alliances with other groups. According to this theory, groups that engaged in exogamy would flourish, while those that did not would all die, either literally or because they lacked sufficient ties for cultural and economic exchange, leaving them at