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Hanafi Hussin is an Associate Professor in the Department of Southeast Asian Studies at the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, University of Malaya.  He has received his Ph.D. in Performing Arts Studies.  His main focus of research is in the anthropology of Southeast Asia, particularly on ritual and performing arts. He actively researches and publishes on rituals and identity of Kadazandusun Penampang, Lotud Dusun community of Tuaran Sabah, maritime Bajau and Bajau Laut/Sama Dilaut of the east coast of Borneo and Southern Philippines. He is the former Dean of Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences.  Currently, he is serving as Deputy Dean of social advancement and happiness research cluster, Head of Maritime Community, Law, Policy and Governance Unit, Institute of Ocean and Earth Sciences (IOES), Head, Universiti Malaya Cultural and Heritage Research Centre (UMCHRC), and Head of Universiti Malaya Migration Research Centre (UMMRC) in University of Malaya. He can be reached at hanafih@um.edu.my.