Thailand : Sea gypsies

Sea gypsies

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The Mokens are one of the last sea tribes settled in the Surin Islands off the Thai coast in the Andaman Sea. Using their environment resources for their dwellings: the kabang (houseboat), their food : fishing and shellfish picking, their health : their shamans have a very rich traditional pharmacopoeia. The Mokens are not recognized as Thai citizens and therefore do not have the right to possess any land nor can they go to school.

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HEMIS_197772 : Thailand, northern coast, Ko Surin Archipelago, Dunung and Etat fishing small sharks

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Thailand, northern coast, Ko Surin Archipelago, Ko Ree inlet, Dunung picking up a sea cucumber (Holothuroidea)

Thailand, northern coast, Ko Surin Archipelago, village of Bilou, a kabang, the nomadic Mokens houseboat

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Thailand, northern coast, Ko Surin Archipelago, Dunung on a Moken nomad 's kabang (houseboat)

Thailand, northern coast, Ko Surin Archipelago, Salamah Katale steering a kabang, the nomadic Mokens houseboat

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Thailand, northern coast, Ko Surin Archipelago, village of Nea, Etat fills a kabang 's fuel tank, the nomadic Mokens houseboat

Thailand, northern coast, Ko Surin Archipelago, village of Nea, aboard a kabang, the nomadic Mokens houseboat, Ekip doing the washing-up

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Thailand, northern coast, Ko Surin Archipelago, Ko Ree Island, an inlet, Moken nomads, Dunung, Etat, Ekip, Si et Salamah taking their meal on their kabang (house-boat)

Thailand, northern coast, Ko Surin Archipelago, Ao Mae Yai inlet, a kabang, Moken nomads 'houseboat

HEMIS_197775 : Thailand, northern coast, Ko Surin Archipelago, village of Nea, aboard a kabang, the nomadic Mokens houseboat, Salamah Katale scrutinizing the sea while the women, Si and Ekip, are preparing the meal

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Thailand, northern coast, Ko Surin Archipelago, Ko Ree inlet, Salamah Katale picking up a sea cucumber (holothuroidea)

Thailand, northern coast, Ko Surin Archipelago, Ko Ree inlet, Salamah Katale picking up a sea cucumber (holothuroidea)

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Thailand, northern coast, Ko Surin Archipelago, village of Bilou, a kabang, the nomadic Mokens houseboat

Thailand, northern coast, Ko Surin Archipelago, Dunung and his catch, a small shark

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Thailand, northern coast, Ko Surin Archipelago, village of Bilou, a kabang, the nomadic Mokens houseboat

Thailand, northern coast, Ko Surin Archipelago, village of Nea, a kabang, the nomadic Mokens houseboat

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Thailand, northern coast, Ko Surin Archipelago, village of Bilou, men going to work at the Mu Ko Surin National Park

Thailand, northern coast, Ko Surin Archipelago, Ao Mae Yai inlet, the community picks up seashells, called tchalong in Moken language

HEMIS_197798 : Thailand, northern coast, Ko Surin Archipelago, village of Bilou, children playing on the beach

HEMIS_197780 Thailand, northern coast, Ko Surin Archipelago, village of Bilou, child at the door of a palm-leaf hut

HEMIS_197768 Thailand, northern coast, Ko Surin Archipelago, village of Nea

HEMIS_197769 Thailand, northern coast, Ko Surin Archipelago, village of Nea

HEMIS_197773 Thailand, northern coast, Ko Surin Archipelago, Ao Mae Yai inlet, Ling picks up seashells, called tchalong in Moken language

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Thailand, northern coast, Ko Surin Archipelago, village of Nea, Salamah Katale going fishing

Thailand, northern coast, Ko Surin Archipelago, Etat fishing small sharks in the mangroves 'dark waters

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Thailand, northern coast, Ko Surin Archipelago, village of Nea, the young Pam Katale learning to fish

Thailand, northern coast, Ko Surin Archipelago, village of Bilou, Pam Katale at the village 's school

HEMIS_198782 : Thailand, northern coast, Ko Surin Archipelago, sacred site of Daya Iboum, ritual ceremony led by shaman Alia, daughter of the great late shaman Madah

HEMIS_197803 Thailand, northern coast, Ko Surin Archipelago, village of Bilou, Dunung playing drums

HEMIS_197762 Burma, southern coast, Mergui Archipelago, night snake

HEMIS_197802 Thailand, northern coast, Ko Surin Archipelago, baby turtle on the beach

HEMIS_197789 Burma, southern coast, Mergui Archipelago, monkey

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Thailand, northern coast, Ko Surin Archipelago, beach of Bougoun Panga, during a Lobong ceremony, shaman Alia communicates with the world of spirits

Thailand, northern coast, Ko Surin Archipelago, beach of Bougoun Panga, a Lobong ceremony celebrated by shaman Alia, daughter of the great late shaman Madah

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Thailand, northern coast, Ko Surin Archipelago, village of Bilou, masculine totem called Ibap

Thailand, northern coast, Ko Surin Archipelago, sacred site of Daya Iboum, ritual ceremony led by shaman Alia, daughter of the great late shaman Madah

HEMIS_197804 : Thailand, northern coast, Ko Surin Archipelago, village of Nea, fishermen at sea

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Thailand, northern coast, Ko Surin Archipelago, village of Nea, Kapanan, the oldest woman of the Moken community

Thailand, northern coast, Ko Surin Archipelago, Salamah, Sale and Dunung meditating in front of a tree before cutting it to transform it into a statue used for a Lobong ceremonial on Bougoun Panga beach

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Thailand, northern coast, Ko Surin Archipelago, Daya Iboum 's cemetery, Ling meditating in front of her father 's tomb

Thailand, northern coast, Ko Surin Archipelago, village of Bilou, men go fishing at dawn