Sea Gypsies
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Sea Gypsies may refer to:
In geography, it can refer to any of several groups in southeast Asia:
In film, it can refer to:
In geography, it can refer to any of several groups in southeast Asia:
- BajauBajauThe Bajau or Bajaw , also spelled Bajao, Badjau, Badjaw, or Badjao, are an indigenous ethnic group of Maritime Southeast Asia...
, an indigenous ethnic group residing in Sabah, eastern Malaysia, Brunei, Indonesia, the Philippines, and parts of Sarawak, sometimes including the people who speak MakassarMakassar languageMakassarese is a language used by the Makassarese people in South Sulawesi island in Indonesia...
, and BugisBugisThe Bugis are the most numerous of the three major linguistic and ethnic groups of South Sulawesi, the southwestern province of Sulawesi, Indonesia's third largest island. Although many Bugis live in the large port cities of Makassar and Parepare, the majority are farmers who grow wet rice on the...
. - MokenMokenThe Moken , are an Austronesian ethnic group with about 2,000 to 3,000 members who maintain a nomadic, sea-based culture. They speak their own language which belongs to the Austronesian language family.-Nomenclature:They refer to themselves as Moken...
, also known as the Selung, Salone or Chalome and Chao Ley or Chao nam, an Austronesian ethnic group with about 2,000 to 3,000 members who maintain a nomadic, sea-based culture. - Orang LautOrang LautThe Orang Laut, or Bajau Laut are a group of Malay people living in the Riau Islands of Indonesia. It also may refer to any Malay origin people living on coastal islands, including those of Andaman Sea islands in Thailand and Burma, commonly known as Moken.-Etymology:The Malay term orang laut...
, a group of Malay people living in the Riau Islands of Indonesia. - Urak LawoiUrak LawoiUrak Lawoi are an ethnic group residing on the islands of Phuket, Phi Phi, Jum, Lanta, Bulon and on Lipe and Adang, in the Adang Archipelago, off the western coast of Thailand...
, coastal dwellers of Thailand.
In film, it can refer to:
- The Sea Gypsies (1978 film)The Sea Gypsies (1978 film)The Sea Gypsies is a 1978 family movie that stars Robert Logan and Mikki Jamison. The movie's tagline is It began as a dream... and became an adventure of a lifetime. The movie is directed by Stewart Raffill.-Plot:...
, starring Robert Logan and Heather Rattray.