The Bajau subsist by gathering shellfish on the ... "For possibly thousands of years, [they] have been living on house boats, travelling from place to place in the waters of South-East Asia ...

Most Malaysians are not familiar with the traditional food of the Bajau people, an indigenous group inhabiting Semporna, Sabah, and parts of the Philippines. Known for their nomadic, seafaring way of ...

Kabei’s house. I’ve tried to pretend this isn ... 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 ...

The Bajau’s way of life is now at risk. Their nomadic lifestyle and reliance on traditional fishing conflict with the pressures of commercial fishing and the economic challenges imposed by ...

Like other Bajau Laut in their area, Salih’s family had to give up their lepa and move into a stilt house above shallow water. They have had to abandon their traditional ways of living and adopt ...

and community well-being of the Bajau community. Highlights of the initiative included tazkirah and Al-Quran recitation at Surau Nur Rezky; traditional games such as lompat kaki empat, konda-kondi ...

Commercial fishing, resource depletion, and lack of citizenship jeopardize the Bajau’s traditional way of life and unique diving abilities. Protecting the Bajau’s way of life is critical to ...