The Lanoh are a group classified as "Orang Asli" ("original people") by the government of Malaysia. They live in the Malay Peninsula and number around 300. The Lanoh were once nomadic, but many of them now live in permanent villages in the Hulu Perak district of Perak State. Following European contact, the Lanoh were hunter-gatherers using caves, many within the state of Perak, as shelters during hunting trips. Approximately 100 years ago, they made charcoal drawings on the walls of caves.