Bajau People Fishing

Over the years practicing this lifestyle has given the Bajau. Borneo water village in Bodgaya Mabul Island Semporna Sabah Malaysia.

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11122018 The Bajau spend their days sailing and fishing around the coast then take their catch to the village of Semporna to trade for other foodstuffs and necessities returning home as the sun goes down.

Bajau people fishing. 1942018 The Bajau people of Malaysia and the Philippines are renowned for their free-diving abilities often working eight-hour shifts in search of fish. Many Bajau still practice that same lifestyle to this day which explains why they are still commonly called sea gypsies. Theyre hunting for fish octopus and other seafood.

1942018 These nomadic people live in waters winding through the Philippines Malaysia and Indonesia where they dive to hunt for fish or search for natural elements that can be used in crafts. But the best known from Bajau people is their strength every time they dive into the sea. Those who have abandoned that lifestyle have become farmers and cattle rearers earning them the local nickname cowboys of the east.

They chart particularly the waters of the Sulu Sea off the southwestern coast of the Philippines and the various seas that surround the Indonesian island of Sulawesi. The Bajau have been a nomadic seafaring people for most of their history. The BAJAU tribe are nomadic SEA GYPSIES.

Este pueblo nmada vive en las aguas de las Filipinas Malasia e Indonesia donde se sumergen para pescar o en busca de elementos naturales que pueden usarse en la artesana. Life for the Bajau Laut has not changed much in 1000 years the period for which they are estimated to have been nomadic. They can be found in SE Asia Malaysia Indonesia and the Philippines with numbers around 100000.

Indeed their equine skills are well known in this part of the world and are always to be found displayed in Bajau ceremonial events. They can hold their breath longer than humans in general. 2042018 Pero un grupo de personas conocidas como los bajau llevan el buceo libre al extremo.

Of course the seafaring Bajau make their living from fishing. The rampant growth of the live fishing industry reportedly worth US800 million is changing this traditional occupation. The Bajau get most of their food from the ocean.

And they dont even use diving gear. 1942019 The Bajau people travel in small flotillas throughout the Phillipines Malaysia and Indonesia hunting fish underwater for food. 24112018 The deepest dive recorded by the free-diving Bajau Laut people of Southeast Asia was to an impressive 79 metres 259 feet and the longest time spent underwater by them was just over three minutes.

1892010 They are highly skilled free divers plunging to depths of 30m and more to hunt pelagic fish or search for pearls and sea cucumbers a delicacy among the Bajau. 2442018 Members of the nomadic Bajau people often spend up to five hours a day underwater. All the men in the village are fishermen.

The Bajau swim and dive almost every day thats why they also get the nickname as the water man. Until recently that is. Although the Bajau do not dive to these depths or for this length of time during their day-to-day fishing they spend up to 60 percent of their working life underwater.

The Bajau Laut are often employed by big gangs who set unrealistic catch targets. It is because most of their life are on the boat and their routine is fishing. Every day they take boats out to the fishing groundsthe locations are often tightly guarded secretswhere they dive down with goggles and spearguns both traditionally made of wood though now sometimes modern gear.

Son capaces de sumergirse durante 13 minutos a profundidades de 60 metros.

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