Sea Gypsies

A family of sea gypsies were the only human inhabitants on the small, remote island.

Morgan sea gypsies of all kinds join in this ceremony.

Timber Badjao houses built on the water in the style of the sea gypsies.

These sea gypsies speak Yawi dialect and are more very friendly.

A number of sea gypsies, or Chao Le, live on the island as well.

Tanka were also accused of being "sea gypsies".

This place name is likely to have been an important reference point for the orang laut (sea Gypsies) in their activities in the region.

Visitors can also enjoy the annual boat-launching ceremonies of the sea gypsies and various long-tail boat races.

These villages total less than 300 inhabitants consisting of Moken, a rare tribe of sea gypsies, and Thais.

They call it "wave that eats people," but the Moken sea gypsies, who have lived in isolation here for decades, emerged from the tsunami almost unscathed.

The local people are an ethnic minority called the Moken, sometimes known as sea Gypsies, although this term actually covers several groups in Southeast Asia.

A few thousand sea gypsies - called chao ley, or water people, in Thai - live on the Andaman coast or islands near it.

Since they were boat people who lived by the sea, they were sometimes referred to as "sea gypsies" by the Chinese and British.

Phang Nga is a melting pot of Buddhists, Thai-Chinese, Muslims and even sea gypsies.

Through the years, the islands have seen Asian pirates come and go, along with a fluctuating population of animist chao le, or sea gypsies, but remain largely untouched.

The Urak Lawoi are one of several southeast Asian ethnicities referred to as "sea gypsies" (chao leh in Thai).

Krabi's population includes Buddhists, Thai-Chinese, Moken (sea gypsies) and around 42% of Muslims, which form a majority in the rural areas.

The Badjao people, sometimes called "sea gypsies" because of their nomadic lives, are a minority in a lawless area of the southern Philippines dominated by ethnic Tausugs.

It was settled by sea gypsies, originally from Malaysia, known as the 'Chao Lei' people or also known as Urak Lawoi.

It has only a few hundred inhabitants, mostly Thais and Burmese, with a smattering of expats and a few dozen chow lair (sea gypsies) thrown into the mix.

The largest island, Ko Lanta Yai, is the site of park headquarters, and is also home to Chao Le, or sea gypsies who sustain themselves largely through fishing.

This is a religious rite performed by the sea gypsies of Ko Lanta, as well as, from other neighbouring areas, who gather on the beach near Sala Dan Village.

Sea-Gypsy Village Known to the Thais as Chao-Le, sea gypsies have occupied the area for hundreds of years settling along the coast in stilt-built houses erected in the sea.

The sea gypsies of Malaya; an account of the nomadic Mawken people of the Mergui Archipelago with a description of their ways of living, customs, habits, boats, occupations, etc.

Sabah adopted a kingfisher because its indigenous Bajau sea gypsies, who are politically powerful in the state administration, and another powerful indigenous group, the Bruneians from Brunei, identify with the bird to a great extent.