Bajau Essays

  • Indigenous people

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    BAJAU. Second place after the Kadazan – Dusun is the Bajau community, which is the second largest and are mostly found in areas from Kota Kinabalu to Kota Belud and also some around the Semporna area. Originally, most of them are sea fearers as they are projected to be very brave and the West Coast Bajau community are now farmers and cattle breeders. They are also said to have migrated from Phillipines and most of them are Malays (Izzul 2012). For the most part, they are sustained completely by the

  • The Bajau: Sea Gypsy, Seafaring People In Malaysia

    1158 Words  | 3 Pages

    The Bajau have been a nomadic, seafaring people throughout history. Many of them practice that lifestyle to this day, which explains why they are commonly known as "sea gypsies." They chart the waters of the Sulu Sea, off the south western coast of the Philippines, and the seas that surround the Indonesian island of Sulawesi. These are among the dangerous waters in the world with sporadic policing at best and a very high incidence of open piracy. Yet they claim never to have wielded weapons — preferring

  • Evolution Of Diet Analysis

    665 Words  | 2 Pages

    harvested plants as well as the meat of the native animal species. Another of the groups Gibbons looks at are the Inuit people of Greenland which traditionally get up to 99 percent of their calories from some type of meat. Other groups analyzed were the Bajau people of Malaysia who have a diet that consist of what can be found in the ocean surrounding them. The Kyrgys people of the Pamir Mountains who rely on the animals which they herd and locally grown plants are also analyzed. Another of the groups are

  • Essay On Socio Cultural Diversity In Malaysia

    638 Words  | 2 Pages

    classroom environment healthy and dynamic. As we all know, there are many people who can be identified in Malaysia. Among the Malays, Chinese, Indians and other ethnic groups such as the Peninsula ethnic Baba and Nyonya, ethnic in Sabah, the Kadazan, Bajau and Murut ethnic groups in Sarawak and also the Melanau, Bidayuh and Iban role . All ethnic groups in Malaysia are able to live in peace and unity. Although they have thought, lifestyle, way of speaking different but as Malaysians united and harmonious

  • Macassan Influence On Australian Culture

    1661 Words  | 4 Pages

    Macassans. It is important at this point to note that the term Macassan is used in a general sense and does not ‘imply any specific ethnic or cultural group’ . The Macassans, the majority of whom were Macassarese with the odd few Bugis, Turidjene (Bajau) and Javanese , travelled from the ‘extreme south-west corner of the island of Celebes’ embarking on the treacherous journey to the coast of Northern

  • Touristic Destinations: Tourist Motivation

    2674 Words  | 6 Pages

    When people travel to a destination, they sure have some motivation to motivate them to make the decision. ‘Motivation’ is the key term that will make the tourist to consider the reason to travel around. During the decision making process, people will consider some of the reasons before they confirm travel to a destination. The research that has conducted in The Netherland found out a remarkably high propensity to travel, 70% of the populations are taking one holiday per year and 24% was taking two