 They are sponsored by the state Department of Orang Asli Development (JAKOA), until 2011 then it was the Department of Orang Asli Affairs ("Jabatan Hal Ehwal Orang Asli", JHEOA).The purpose of the department's activities is to raise the living standard of the indigenous people to the country's average.The Orang Asli do not form a united community, in fact it is a conglomerate of different origins, culture, way of life, language and racial features of tribes and peoples.