The Bajau Laut (also known as Sea Gypsies) are nomadic seafaring people who traditionally live on boats and stilt houses in the waters around giant island Malaysian Borneo, Sabah, the Philippines ...

The Bajau, an Indonesian tribe living on floating ... of commercial fishing and the economic challenges imposed by modern societies. Additionally, their lack of citizenship and difficulty settling ...

A cornucopia of readily available ocean creatures that the Sampelan Bajau people can rely on when the weather is too bad to take to the seas. This isn’t going to settle down anytime soon.

The activist, who had previously highlighted the plight of the indigenous Bajau Laut community, said in an Instagram post tonight that this was “intimidation” by the authorities against his work.

During the pre- and colonial era, the Sea People were not passive victims but active naval forces – strengthening and defending local monarchies (sultanates and kingdoms) in the Sulu Archipelago, ...