PHOTO ESSAY The Malaysian indigenous Mah Meri community in Pulau Carey festival to celebrate their Moyang (protector spirits). The festival is called Hari Moyang Puja Pantai

Women of the Mah Meri tribe wearing a traditional clothes before preforming traditional dances on Pulau Carey beach (above).

Members of the Mah Meri tribe walk towards the beach to begin the ceremony - the Hari Moyang Puja Pantai festival to celebrate the spirit of their ancestors.

An altar erected during lowtide for the ‘Puja Pantai’ ritual at a beach in Pulau Carey. In the background is the Straits of Malacca which is one of the busiest straits in the world.