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'Seafarers' can refer to ethnic groups living by the sea in Southeast Asia, and also other sea living ethnic groups in the world.

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Southeast Asia

Orang Laut

Moken

Austronesian

Sailor or mariner

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Southeast Asia

Orang Laut

Main articles: Orang Laut

The Malay peoples of Southeast Asia traced back the forefathers coming as far as Yunnan (now a province of China) some 5000-10000 years ago, they were seafarers that migrated along rivers such as Mekong and Irrawady to the Andaman Sea, South China Sea and various locations in the Malay archipelago, they are known as Orang Laut in the Malay language. In the 15th century, large numbers of Malay Seafarers converted to Islam.

Moken

Main articles: Moken

Some seafarers are known as 'Sea Gypsies', notably the Moken. Their knowledge of the sea enables them to live off its organisms by using simple tools such as nets and spears to forage for food. What is not consumed is dried atop their boats, then used for trade at local markets for other necessities. During the monsoon season, they build additional boats while occupying temporary huts. Many of the Burmese Moken are still nomadic people who roam the sea most of their lives in small hand-crafted wooden boats called Kabang, which serve not just as transportation, but also as kitchen, bedroom, living area. Unfortunately much of their traditional life, built on the premise of life as outsiders, is under threat and appears to be diminishing. The Sea Gypsies are a minority group that number only a few tens of thousands in southern Burma (Andaman Sea) and Thailand. They maintain a nomadic sea-based culture and live almost entirely on boats and practice shamanic rites.

Austronesian

Main articles: Austronesian

Recent maternal mitochondrial DNA analysis suggests that Polynesian seafarers, including Tongans, Samoans, Niueans, Cook Islanders, Tahitians, Hawaiians, Marquesans and Māori, are genetically linked to indigenous peoples of parts of Southeast Asia, including those of Taiwan. These two groups together can be called the Austronesians.

Sailor or mariner

Seafarers can also be sailor or mariner, one who travels by sea.

★ Who are seafarers?

★ Ferdinand Magellan

★ James Cook

See also

★ Sea Gypsies

★ Polynesian

★ Seafarer (poem)

★ The Seafarers (Stanley Kubrick's third film)

★ The Seafarers of Catan

★ Viking Seafarer

External links

★ Seafaring of India.

★ Ancient Seafarers

★ The seafaring workforce

★ Ships and seafarers

★ Phoenicians in Australia