Overwhelming Terror: Love, Fear, Peace, and Violence Among Semai of Malaysia. The Semai people are the largest group of the Orang Asli or indigenous people of West Malaysia (30,000 or 100,000). The foremost authority on the Semai here discusses the beliefs, poetry, legends, social structure and ways of dealing with difference which form what has been held to be the most peaceful way of life known. Many sidelights, anecdotes and case studies are included in the book which may well be very relevant to contemporary mediators and for peacemakers. With glossary, bibliography and index.