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00:06Today we will introduce you to
00:09Bajau Lot Sea Gypsy
00:14Bajau Lot is called Sea Gypsy
00:17because of their food habits and
00:20life style of sea travel.
00:24Mabul, Bohiduland, Sibuan,
00:27Megha, Mantabuan, Selakan and
00:30Omadal are such places where you can find them.
00:50Their wonderful customs and traditions
00:53are popularly celebrated in Regatta.
00:58Some of the famous Bajau Lot on Earth
01:01can claim a strong bond with water
01:04compared to water, which is a food habit.
01:07They live their whole life in a sea lifestyle.
01:10Perhaps they sometimes step on the ground.
01:16Since they have been wandering on the waterways
01:19of the tributary between Malaysia, Philippines
01:22and Indonesia for many generations,
01:25Bajau Lot is actually the lord of the sea.
01:30A large part of the population still lives
01:33in wooden houseboats or stilt houses,
01:36which were built near the Sempona Islands
01:39on the cliffs.
01:50In search of more stability,
01:53many people have given up their
01:56food habits and lifestyle.
02:01The name given to these people is Bajau The Rat.
02:07Despite this, many still live like gypsies
02:10and it is claimed that more than
02:133,000 Bajau are looted in the Sempona area alone.
02:16According to a study conducted
02:19by the University of Malaya in 2010,
02:22sea gypsies may sometimes set foot
02:25on dry land.
02:29When they sometimes spend a night
02:32or two on hard land,
02:35they often describe feeling landsick.
02:46They only came to the beach for business,
02:49preferred the sea.
02:53In this, selling their catch,
02:56collecting water for drinking,
02:59collecting wood for boats
03:02and even burying the dead can also be included.
03:08In the evening, most people
03:11returned to their boats.
03:16The most beautiful free-diving
03:19sea gypsy.
03:23Many people have tried to hold their
03:26breath for several minutes while
03:29free-diving up to a depth of more
03:32than 20 meters.
03:35When they hunt for fish,
03:37live fish, sea cucumber,
03:39trout and other aquatic animals,
03:42they do all this.
03:46They live up to their ancestors'
03:49tradition and stay away from
03:52water resources.
04:06In addition to being skilled in
04:09catching sea cucumbers and fish,
04:12they are also expert in building
04:15their own fishing boats.
04:18With exquisite decoration,
04:20the famous Regatta Lepa Festival
04:22called Technicolor Lepa is a
04:24major center.
04:27By the 1980s, Dweep was on a large
04:30scale when the area around
04:33Mahbool Dweep and Darwel Bay,
04:36which now includes the famous
04:39Kulaon Shipyard, was turned into
04:42a hotspot for environmental tourism.
04:45At that time, there were only a
04:47few families of the Bajau and
04:49Suluk castes.
04:53Today, this area has developed
04:55into a popular tourist attraction
04:58that attracts tourists and
05:00divers from all over the world.
05:03However, the situation of all
05:06Egyptians is mainly unchanged.
05:10They have always been and are
05:13stateless people.
05:17Since they are determined to
05:19live in the waters of the
05:21Sulu and Selab Seas, they
05:23do not come from any country
05:25technically.
05:27They have been living in
05:29the waters of the Selab and
05:31Selab Seas.
05:33Instead of being a technically
05:35related area to any country,
05:37many have not been given the
05:39status of citizenship by
05:41Malaysia, the Philippines or
05:43Indonesia.
05:45Students need birth certificates
05:47and their parents have
05:49national identity cards,
05:51so most of their children
05:53have not reached the
05:55educational curriculum.
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