Boats anchored in an inlet at Ban Sang Ga-u, a sea gypsy village in Ko Lanta, Thailand.

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Long tail boats belonging to the sea gypsies called Chao Ley by local people and Uraklavoy by anthropologists anchored at an inlet near Ban Sang Ga u the sea gypsy village in Ko Lanta an island in Krabi province Thailand Notice the painted motifs on the prow of the boat and unusual colours of the flags these are classical colours and designs or motifs from sea gypsy culture The sea gypsies settled in Ko Lanta 500 years ago and this was their first land based settlement

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Size: 5100px × 3400px
Location: Ko Lanta, Thailand
Photo credit: © Victor Paul Borg / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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