Ari is now determined to take a different path from other friends, which is to sew traditional clothes. The main challenge most faced is the demand from customers who want a traditional dress design ...

The Bajau tribe lives in Indonesia, Malaysia, and Philippines. They have larger spleens for deep diving. Bajau people dive to 20-30 meters and hold breath for minutes. Children learn swimming ...

The Bajau subsist by gathering shellfish on the sea floor In a striking example of natural selection, the Bajau people of South-East Asia have developed bigger spleens for diving, a study shows ...

A Bajau diver hunts fish underwater using a traditional spear. Melissa Ilardo. For more than 1,000 years the Bajau have lived off of the seas in Southeast Asia.

Anger as hundreds of sea nomads evicted from their floating homes in Malaysia. More than 500 people from the Bajau Laut saw their homes demolished or burned by enforcement officials this week ...

A genetic abnormality known as the sea nomad gene allows an amazing tribe of fish people known as Bajau to hold their breath underwater for 10 minutes in order to spear meals.Larger spleens were ...

Norhayati, a Bajau from Kudat, said demand for traditional clothing spikes significantly during the festive season. She works alongside five employees to fulfil the flood of orders.

Sometimes known as “sea nomads,” the Bajau have lived at sea for more than 1,000 years, on small houseboats that float in the waters off Indonesia, Malaysia, and the Philippines.

The Bajau have lived in relative isolation for over a thousand years. ... When diving to depths of up to 230 feet, the Bajau don't require much else than these traditional wooden diving masks.

The Bajau use only a weight belt and traditional wooden diving mask. They were mentioned in writings from 1521 by the Venetian explorer Antonio Pigafetta, ...