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Bajau Laut the only Sea Gypsies in the world
Due to their nomadic, seafaring lifestyle, the Bajau Laut are referred to as "Sea Gypsies."
Mabul, Bohey Dulang, Sibuan, Maiga, Mantabuan, Selakan, & Omadal are places you can find them.
Popular annual celebration of their wonderful customs and traditions is the Regatta Lepa.
Few groups on earth can claim a stronger bond with the water than Borneo's famed Bajau Laut, who live a nomadic, nautical lifestyle their entire lives, seldom setting foot on land.
Since they have been cruising the waterways of the Coral Triangle between Malaysia, the Philippines, and Indonesia for many generations, the sea gipsies are truly masters of the ocean.
Bajau Laut the only Sea Gypsies in the world
Due to their nomadic, seafaring lifestyle, the Bajau Laut are referred to as "Sea Gypsies."
Mabul, Bohey Dulang, Sibuan, Maiga, Mantabuan, Selakan, & Omadal are places you can find them.
Popular annual celebration of their wonderful customs and traditions is the Regatta Lepa.
Few groups on earth can claim a stronger bond with the water than Borneo's famed Bajau Laut, who live a nomadic, nautical lifestyle their entire lives, seldom setting foot on land.
Since they have been cruising the waterways of the Coral Triangle between Malaysia, the Philippines, and Indonesia for many generations, the sea gipsies are truly masters of the ocean.
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00:00Welcome to Trending Places
00:06Today we will introduce you to
00:09Bajau Lot Sea Gypsy
00:14Bajau Lot is called Sea Gypsy
00:17because of their food habits and
00:20life style of sea travel.
00:24Mabul, Bohiduland, Sibuan,
00:27Megha, Mantabuan, Selakan and
00:30Omadal are such places where you can find them.
00:50Their wonderful customs and traditions
00:53are popularly celebrated in Regatta.
00:58Some of the famous Bajau Lot on Earth
01:01can claim a strong bond with water
01:04compared to water, which is a food habit.
01:07They live their whole life in a sea lifestyle.
01:10Perhaps they sometimes step on the ground.
01:16Since they have been wandering on the waterways
01:19of the tributary between Malaysia, Philippines
01:22and Indonesia for many generations,
01:25Bajau Lot is actually the lord of the sea.
01:30A large part of the population still lives
01:33in wooden houseboats or stilt houses,
01:36which were built near the Sempona Islands
01:39on the cliffs.
01:50In search of more stability,
01:53many people have given up their
01:56food habits and lifestyle.
02:01The name given to these people is Bajau The Rat.
02:07Despite this, many still live like gypsies
02:10and it is claimed that more than
02:133,000 Bajau are looted in the Sempona area alone.
02:16According to a study conducted
02:19by the University of Malaya in 2010,
02:22sea gypsies may sometimes set foot
02:25on dry land.
02:29When they sometimes spend a night
02:32or two on hard land,
02:35they often describe feeling landsick.
02:46They only came to the beach for business,
02:49preferred the sea.
02:53In this, selling their catch,
02:56collecting water for drinking,
02:59collecting wood for boats
03:02and even burying the dead can also be included.
03:08In the evening, most people
03:11returned to their boats.
03:16The most beautiful free-diving
03:19sea gypsy.
03:23Many people have tried to hold their
03:26breath for several minutes while
03:29free-diving up to a depth of more
03:32than 20 meters.
03:35When they hunt for fish,
03:37live fish, sea cucumber,
03:39trout and other aquatic animals,
03:42they do all this.
03:46They live up to their ancestors'
03:49tradition and stay away from
03:52water resources.
04:06In addition to being skilled in
04:09catching sea cucumbers and fish,
04:12they are also expert in building
04:15their own fishing boats.
04:18With exquisite decoration,
04:20the famous Regatta Lepa Festival
04:22called Technicolor Lepa is a
04:24major center.
04:27By the 1980s, Dweep was on a large
04:30scale when the area around
04:33Mahbool Dweep and Darwel Bay,
04:36which now includes the famous
04:39Kulaon Shipyard, was turned into
04:42a hotspot for environmental tourism.
04:45At that time, there were only a
04:47few families of the Bajau and
04:49Suluk castes.
04:53Today, this area has developed
04:55into a popular tourist attraction
04:58that attracts tourists and
05:00divers from all over the world.
05:03However, the situation of all
05:06Egyptians is mainly unchanged.
05:10They have always been and are
05:13stateless people.
05:17Since they are determined to
05:19live in the waters of the
05:21Sulu and Selab Seas, they
05:23do not come from any country
05:25technically.
05:27They have been living in
05:29the waters of the Selab and
05:31Selab Seas.
05:33Instead of being a technically
05:35related area to any country,
05:37many have not been given the
05:39status of citizenship by
05:41Malaysia, the Philippines or
05:43Indonesia.
05:45Students need birth certificates
05:47and their parents have
05:49national identity cards,
05:51so most of their children
05:53have not reached the
05:55educational curriculum.
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