Sea Gypsies, Sea Gypsy, Sea Nomads and Sea Nomad may refer to:
Ethnography
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Sama-Bajau peoples
The Sama-Bajau include several Austronesian people, Austronesian ethnic groups of Maritime Southeast Asia. The name collectively refers to related people who usually call themselves the Sama or Samah (formally A'a Sama, "Sama people"); or are ...
, a collective name for several ethnic groups in the Philippines, Sabah, eastern Malaysia, Brunei, Indonesia, and parts of Sarawak
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Moken
The Moken (also Mawken or Morgan; ; ) are an Austronesian people of the Mergui Archipelago, a group of approximately 800 islands claimed by both Myanmar and Thailand, and the Surin Islands. Most of the Moken live a semi-nomadic hunter-gatherer ...
, an Austronesian ethnic group who maintain a nomadic, sea-based culture
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Orang Laut
The Orang Laut are several seafaring ethnic groups and tribes living around Singapore, Peninsular Malaysia and the Indonesian Riau Islands. The Orang Laut are commonly identified as the Orang Seletar from the Straits of Johor, but the term may a ...
, a group of Malay people living in the Riau Islands of Indonesia
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Tanka people
The Boat Dwellers, also known as Shuishangren (; "people living on the water") or Boat People, or the derogatory Tankas, are a sinicised ethnic group in Southern China who traditionally lived on junks in coastal parts of Guangdong, Guangxi, ...
, a Han ethnic sub-group that lives on boats in Southern China
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Urak Lawoi
Urak Lawoi (; ; ) are an aboriginal Austronesian people 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. They are known by various names, incl ...
, coastal dwellers of Thailand
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Jalia Kaibarta
Jalia Kaibarta (or Jaliya Kaibartta, or: Jāliya Kaibbarta, possibly also: Jalia Kaibartya) is a community comprising people of low ritual status, fishermen, who later acquired respectable caste identities within the larger Hindu fold, helped b ...
, an aboriginal Indian fishermen tribe
Other uses
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Badjao: The Sea Gypsies'', a 1957 film directed by Philippine National Artist Lamberto V. Avellana and starring Rosa Rosal and Tony Santos, Sr.
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''The Sea Gypsies'' (1978 film), starring Robert Logan and Heather Rattray
* "Gypsies of the sea", Alexander Dumas' description of Catalans in ''
The Count of Monte Cristo
''The Count of Monte Cristo'' () is an adventure novel by the French writer Alexandre Dumas. It was serialised from 1844 to 1846, and published in book form in 1846. It is one of his most popular works, along with ''The Three Musketeers'' (184 ...
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See also
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Water tribe (disambiguation) Water tribe or Water tribes may refer to:
People
* Bajau people, an ethnic group of the southern Philippines
* Bhishti, a Muslim community in northern India and Pakistan
* Moken, an Austronesian ethnic group
Fictional tribes
* Water Tribe in the ...
* "Ocean Gypsy", a song by
Renaissance
The Renaissance ( , ) is a Periodization, period of history and a European cultural movement covering the 15th and 16th centuries. It marked the transition from the Middle Ages to modernity and was characterized by an effort to revive and sur ...
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The Water Gipsies (disambiguation) ''The Water Gipsies'' may refer to:
* ''The Water Gipsies'' (novel), a 1930 British novel by A. P. Herbert
* ''The Water Gipsies'' (film), a 1932 British film adaptation directed by Maurice Elvey
* ''The Water Gipsies'' (musical), a 1955 stage v ...
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Seasteading
Seasteading is the creation of permanent dwellings in international waters, so-called seasteads, that are independent of established governments. No structure on the high seas has yet been created and recognized as a sovereign state. Proposed ...
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