lighting a fire under the boat to melt pitch that is used to on the wood to ward off burrowing worms and crabs antifouling

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Moken also known as Saleeter Salon Salone or Morgan sea gypsies of the Mergui archipelago Thailand on land lighting a fire under the boat to melt pitch that is used to on the wood to ward off burrowing worms and crabs antifouling Koh Surin Nua North Island They only come ashore during the monsoon Related to fishing people from the Andaman Islands to Malaysia the Philippines and Indonesia

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Location: Koh Surin Nua North Island Mergui archipelago Thailand Asia
Photo credit: © F. Jack Jackson / Alamy / Afripics
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