Myanmar sea-gypsies, the nomadic hunter-gatherers of South East Asia, a young girl at play in the sea peeks at the camera

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The people shown in these photographs are Moken, the nomadic sea-gypsies found off the South-West coast of Myanmar. They are found in transient villages throughout the Islands known as the Mergui Archipelago, located in the Andaman Sea. They live an almost entirely sea-related existence, hunting and gathering from the ocean rather than living as conventional fishermen. This style of life, fishing an area for a short time and moving on ,prevents depletion of sea life and has been a highly successful sustainable way of life for hundreds of years. The Moken are incredibly comfortable in the water and their children, in particular, grow up playing in it almost every day. A shy young girl peeks at the camera from the sea beyond a dugout canoe

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Size: 5050px × 3366px
Location: Andarman Sea, Mergui Archipelago, South-East Asia, Myanmar (Burma)
Photo credit: © Justine Evans / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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