Graves at Plew Hon Saai sea gypsy cemetery in Ko Lanta, Thailand.

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A sea gypsy grave shaped like a boat to symbolise the sea gypsies affinity to the sea at Plew Hon Saai cemetery in Ko Lanta an island in Krabi province Thailand The sea gypsies are called Chao Ley by local people and Uraklavoy by anthropologists and they settled in Ko Lanta 500 years ago

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Size: 5100px × 3400px
Location: Ko Lanta, Thailand
Photo credit: © Victor Paul Borg / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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