Hassan, the son of a tribe chief of the Badjaos, a pagan, sea-dwelling Filipino tribe, meets and falls for Bala Amai, the niece of the chief of the Tausugs, an Islamic, land-dwelling tribe. Although ...

For hundreds of years, small nomadic tribes called sea gypsies have lived among the islands of Southeast Asia, earning fame for their swimming and diving skills. Sea-gypsy children regularly collect ...

THE MOON IS FEMININE — Clemence Dane—Doubleday, Doran ($2.50). Tall, dark Clemence Dane (real name: Winifred Ashton) has not only written best-selling novels (Broome Stages, The Babyons), successful ...

Les Stroud learns the dangerous art of compression diving with the Sea Bajau people. Poverty-stricken, the Bajau have large families. 12+ people share one room stick huts that poke from the ocean ...

GOLDEN BUDDHA ISLAND, Thailand – On Sunday morning, a Buddhist monk in a saffron robe clasped his hands in blessing as a young man with a sun-leathered face knelt before him. The monk gave an amulet ...

2017 Movie"The story of a small group of modern seafaring gypsies, following them as they strike out across the largest expanse of uninhabited geography on earth, in search of adventure, awe and ...

THE Mawken of the Mergui Archipelago, more generally known as the Selung, whose customs, beliefs, and modes of life are described in this volume, are literally nomads of the sea, as the greater part ...