03-11-10
photo documentary – Bajau Laut
Bajau Laut people are known also as the sea gypsy people.
normally associated with the island people of the Pacific, especially in the southern Philippines area and other smaller islands. In Malaysia, you can find them in most of the island in semporna, sabah.
These people have lived in the ocean on their make-shift ‘house boat’. According to locals there, only in recent years that they have made settlements into the coastal area, with their houses built on stilts. The big ocean is still their main source of living – fishing, collecting clams and mussels, and even pearl farming.
Normally, for the man of bajau laut of mabul, they use to go fishing at night and sleep in their ‘house boat’ during the day. Their unique lepa boat resembles the modern-day’s catamaran vessels, with two adjoining legs for added stability when roughing the wild Pacific ocean. They use a special ‘fish gun’ and powerful torch light to catch fish. While during the day, women and children of bajau laut will go fishing and sell it to the locals of mabul island.
Some said that original people of bajau laut cannot live in any land. They still want to stay in their house-boat.
I manage to capture a lot of portraiture and their daily activities. All of the pictures are taken at the mabul island and omadal island. This is some of the pictures from my collection from thousand of pictures.
I gain a lot of new info in my backpack trip to mabul island this time. If u guyz got time, i recommend u to visit mabul island. The crystal clear water, beautiful blue sky,white sandy beaches and superb underwater life will make u fall in love with mabul island. Not just that, it is also nearby to the new seven wonders of the world… u know what i mean rite, of course the sipadan! heaven for divers from all over the world, and not to forget nearby to the most beautiful and famous kapalai!
regards,
azim.zainudin
sungguh best tgk air die jernih,huhuu…
nway,nice work bro…
03-11-10 » 7:09 AM »
Superb pics!! seriously gua suda rindu sama mabul bah!
03-11-10 » 11:27 AM »
gmba orang berak tu ada feel bob hahaha
03-11-10 » 1:52 PM »
Nice pic.
I like your documentary so much!
Muahhh3x!!
hehehehehe
*gambo budak tengah tuut tu aku jeles betol la..bile mase ko shot?? hahaha
03-11-10 » 2:00 PM »
marvelous bob. everything is nice. portrait, scene, candid. u hav it all there. brape duit ni pegi sane?
03-11-10 » 2:47 PM »
terbaik
superb!!
03-11-10 » 6:02 PM »
thx guyz. appreciate it.
emi…leh msg aku utk info ttg mabul.
u need to go there!
03-12-10 » 4:30 AM »
bapak jerrnihh air diaa!!
03-13-10 » 7:34 PM »
marvelous and awesome, may i use ur no 9 picca as my wallpaper. it touch my heart……
03-16-10 » 3:14 PM »
thx farihan… yes of course u can…
03-17-10 » 4:57 AM »
masyaAllah… lawanya!
03-24-10 » 1:06 AM »
omg! u got such a talent in travel photography. i mean ur view! nice work azim and u make me wanted to go to mabul.
05-14-10 » 2:28 PM »
found your site on del.icio.us today and really liked it.. i bookmarked it and will be back to check it out some more later
01-22-11 » 4:02 AM »