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The vinta is a traditional outrigger boat from the Philippine island of Mindanao. The boats are made by Sama-Bajau , Tausug and Yakan peoples living in the Sulu Archipelago , [ 2 ] Zamboanga peninsula, and southern Mindanao.
A Maranao kulintang ensemble Detail of okil carvings on a Sama-Bajau vinta. The rectilinear designs of the Sama were adopted and refined by the Maranao to decorate the torogan houses of the ruling dato class. The most prominent parts of the torogan are the panolong, the carved floor beams modeled after awang boat prows.
In 1984, Hobman and a group began the expedition to sail Sarimanok, a 59-foot vinta outrigger boat, from the Philippines to Madagascar across the Indian Ocean to recreate how Neolithic humans might have made the crossing. The boat was created from a century-old tree by craftsmen on the island of Tawi Tawi in the Philippines.
Since most Sama have abandoned exclusive sea-living, modern lepa are instead used as fishing boats and cargo vessels. [ 1 ] Lepa are medium-sized boats, usually averaging at 30 to 50 ft (9.1 to 15.2 m) in length, and around 5 to 7 ft (1.5 to 2.1 m) in width; with the hull averaging at 5 ft (1.5 m) in height.
A wooden boat carrying dozens of Rohingya Muslims capsized off Indonesia’s northernmost coast on Wednesday, according to local fishermen who rescued six people. The six, four women and two men ...
A central house-like structure known as the palau is located in the middle, similar to the vinta and the lepa. The palau can be taken down to erect a mast and convert the ship into a sailing ship for transport or fishing. [1] Larger versions of djenging are known as balutu or kubu. They are often permanently moored around anchorages (sambuangan).
An Iranun pirate armed with a spear, a kampilan sword, and a kris dagger. The Sulu and Celebes Seas, a semi-enclosed sea area and porous region that covers an area of space around 1 million square kilometres, [1] have been subject to illegal maritime activities since the pre-colonial era [2] and continue to pose a maritime security threat to bordering nations up to this day.
LABUHAN HAJI, Indonesia (AP) — About 140 weak and hungry Rohingya Muslims, mostly women and children, were on a wooden boat anchored about 1 mile (0.60 kilometers) off the coast of Indonesia’s northernmost province of Aceh on Tuesday, officials said, and local residents refused to allow them onto land.