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Oceanic - The Bajau, living off the sea

97 images Created 2 Dec 2014

The oceanic diet.

The Bajau of Malaysia fish and dive for almost everything they eat.
Some live in houses on the beach or on stilts; others have no homes but their boats.
This is part of a global story shot for National Geographic and titled "The Evolution of Diet", on self-sufficient communities, their lifestyle and food habits.

Story here : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z5QURxhdJSE
And here with text @Matthieu Paley : https://www.nationalgeographic.com/photography/proof/2014/10/29/we-are-what-we-eat-diving-for-dinner-with-the-sea-gypsies/
And here : https://www.nationalgeographic.com/foodfeatures/evolution-of-diet/
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  • Her face dusted in bedak sejuk, a cooling powder made of rice and pandan leaves, Alpaida paddles out to visit friends in stilt houses. The teen and her family belong to the tribal group known as the Sea Bajau because they live year-round on their lepa-lepas, handmade houseboats.
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  • A young boy sleeps near a pot of abalone  that is being prepared for lunch.
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  • Catching octopus. Fisherman named Tarumpit fishing with duggout canoe.
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  • Inda Mulla's relatives living all year round on a Lepa, a traditional houseboat. Keeping a bird as a pet on her boat.
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  • Dido fishing for coral fish and shells off Mantabuan island.
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  • A family cooking diner of coral fish, over a fire. Bajau family living all year round on a Lepa, a traditional houseboat.
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  • Looking underwater for octopus. Fisherman named Tarumpit fishing with duggout canoe off Boheydulang island.
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  • Catching octopus. Fisherman named Tarumpit fishing with duggout canoe.
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  • Bajau live a seaborne lifestyle, getting their food from the ocean. They are sometimes referred to as "Sea Gypsies”. They often live in bamboo stilt house settlement that can only be reached by boat.
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  • Fishing and hunting coral fish with Dido, from his dug-out canoe. Off Mantabuan island.
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  • Fishing and hunting coral fish with Dido, from his dug-out canoe. Off Mantabuan island.
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  • Fishing and hunting coral fish with Dido, from his dug-out canoe. Off Mantabuan island.
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  • A fisherman's catch after a morning fishing. In and around the stilt house settlement off Bodgaya island.
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  • Fishing and hunting coral fish with Dido, from his dug-out canoe. Off Mantabuan island.
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  • Cooking over fire. Evening around bamboo stilt houses off Bodgaya island.
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  • A family cooking diner of coral fish, over a fire. Bajau family living all year round on a Lepa, a traditional houseboat.
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  • Tuna for lunch. Stilt houses off Boheydulang island.
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  • Marita's home. Bamboo stilt houses off Maiga Island.
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  • Fishing from inside the bamboo stilt house of Robeldati, off Boheydulang island.
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  • Coral fish for lunch. Bajau family living all year round on a Lepa, a traditional houseboat.
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  • Kids helping eachother. Tobel's home, . In and around the stilt house settlement off Bodgaya island.
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  • Bamboo stilt house settlement off Bodgaya island.
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  • Inda Mula, an old Bajau woman living all year round on a Lepa, a traditional houseboat.
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  • Inda Mulla's relatives living all year round on a Lepa, a traditional houseboat. Keeping a bird as a pet on her boat.
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  • A fisherman scares fish with a long pole, to bring them into a fish net. A group of fishermen fishing with a net off Selakan island.
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