IntroductionThe Semai are among the most peaceful people known. The Semai consider themselves defenseless in a hostile world beyond their control. Physical violence is extremely rare: adults do not fight; husbands do not beat their wives, nor parents their children (Denta & Charles, 1997). Murders are so rare as to be practically non-existent. The Semai's subsistence depends on gardening supplemented by hunting, fishing, trapping and gathering. Each band occupies a well-defined territory, usually a small river valley or a segment of a larger valley (Denta & Charles, 1997). Settlements are groups of extended or multifamily families that moved up and down valleys, cutting new fields each year and leaving abandoned gardens to be cleared of forest over a fallow cycle of 30 years or more (Denta & Charles, 1997 ). Although many changes have occurred since the early 1970s, groups living in the less accessible highlands and deep jungle areas still largely persist in the traditional lifestyle, although they are increasingly involved in economics and politics of the Malaysian state (Robarchek & Robarchek, 1998). THESIS: The Semai of Malaysia are one of the most peaceful societies known and are horticulturists who resist all violence, have a strong social organization based on fear and believe in the power of their culture for relief from illness and healing. The Semai as horticulturists For the Semai, sweet cassava is one of the two main crops, while the second is hill rice. They also grow a number of minor crops, including maize, and grow forest trees for fruit (Robarchek & Robarchek, 1998). Sharing Semai food is distributed throughout the community and consumed amid paper in the burial by clearing bushes and trees, helping to dig the grave, cutting straw for the grave hut and Presto. Even the smallest child will be helped to throw a handful of earth into the grave. This is the last opportunity for the community to demonstrate that it has not been negligent in its obligations to care for the deceased (Robarchek & Robarchek, 1998). Works Cited Denta, R. K., & Charles, I. (1997). Telling the truth in difficult times: Malay anthropologists and the Orang Asli. American Anthropologist, 99(4), 836-838. from the Research Library. (Document ID: 23657961). Robarchek, C. A., & Robarchek, C. J. (1998). Reciprocity and reality: worldviews, peace. Aggressive Behavior, 24(2), 123-133. from EBSCOhost.Sørensen, M. (2007). Competitive talk of aggression and peace. Peace Review, 19(4), 603-609. doi:10.1080/10402650701681251