Yayasan Dahetok Milah

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Our Brandmark (Logo) & Colours

The Dahetok Milah logo, in the form of a circle, shows wholeness, interconnectedness, and continuity. These things are illustrated by coconut trees, banana trees, and sago trees, which are self-entities of the Marind indigenous people. These herbs are their totems. And it is these plants that keep the Marind people connected to their ancestors. All these philosophies are embodied in the logo of the Datuk Millah Foundation.
The colors connect to the four attributes:
Light brown: Beauty
Dark brown: Fertility
Light green: Comfort
Dark green: Nature
Yellow: Spirit
White: Holiness

Our Values & Philosophy

Dahetok Milah Foundation carries various noble values such as harmony, comfort, security, togetherness, shade, coolness, kinship, and fellowship. These values are sourced from the Malind people’s philosophy of life towards others and nature or the forest. The nobility of these values is tried and implemented in six values, such as:
– Fertility,
– Comfort,
– Beauty,
– Spirits,
– Holiness, and
– Nature.
In connection with the values above, which are sourced from the Malind people’s view of life with humans and nature, it can be explained that in the cosmology of the Malind community, nature always produces life, plants, animals, and humans. Nature is seen as having magical powers that are related to fertility. Nature is also considered a comfortable place to take shelter because nature or the forest provides beauty. In addition, nature is also the abode of the spirits of the ancestors; in other words, it can be called the ancestral world, so some places in the forest are used as holiness and sacred places.
In connection with the values above, which are sourced from the Malind people’s view of life with humans and nature, it can be explained that in the cosmology of the Malind community, nature always produces life, plants, animals, and humans. Nature is seen as having magical powers that are related to fertility. Nature is also considered a comfortable place to take shelter because nature or the forest provides beauty. In addition, nature is also the abode of the spirits of the ancestors; in other words, it can be called the ancestral world, so some places in the forest are used as sacred places.
Based on the philosophy of the Dahetok Milah Foundation, we encourage the indigenous Malind people to protect their forests by using agroforestry systems and reviving traditional and modern farming systems. We are focusing on organic agriculture.
This philosophy is embodied in the values of fertility, holiness, and nature. These values are the basis of life for the Malind people; they cannot live without a fertile forest because a forest is a place for them to find food; in other words, they depend entirely on the forest for their livelihood. And also, the forest is seen as a sacred place, where it is the world or the abode of their ancestors. So that they, as much as possible, preserve the naturalness of nature.