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February 6, 2010

Sea Based Life


Young sea gypsies play in the water in the centre of their neighbourhood in the Sulawesi Sea in Malaysia's state of Sabah on the Borneo island February 17, 2009. A community of 30 families of the indigenous ethnic group of sea gypsies are still maintaining a nomadic and sea-based life without fresh water supply, TV nor electricity, and only go to land to bury the dead.


Young sea gypsies sit on their boat outside of their family hut in their neighbourhood in Sulawesi Sea in Malaysia's state of Sabah on the Borneo island February 17, 2009.

Photo:Xinhua/Reuters
Editor: Yang Lina
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-02/18/content_10839768_2.htm

Original title: Sea gypsies live nomadic, sea-based life




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2 comments:

umihoney said...

interesting indeed. sometime back i saw a documentary about them.good article rad

RB said...

Thanks Umi, I never think before if still a live in this enviroment until i found it during surfing.