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A Sama-Bajau fishing vinta in Zamboanga with the characteristic colorful sails (c.1923) A small Sama-Bajau tondaan with sails deployed (c.1904) Two large Moro vinta from Mindanao in the houseboat (palau) configuration (c.1920) [1] The vinta is a traditional outrigger boat from the Philippine island of Mindanao.
The Sama-Bajau include several Austronesian ethnic groups of Maritime Southeast Asia.The name collectively refers to related people who usually call themselves the Sama or Samah (formally A'a Sama, "Sama people"); [5] or are known by the exonym Bajau (/ ˈ b ɑː dʒ aʊ, ˈ b æ-/, also spelled Badjao, Bajaw, Badjau, Badjaw, Bajo or Bayao).
Lepa can be differentiated from other native boats in the region (like the djenging and vinta, which are also used as houseboats) in that the lepa does not have outriggers. The prow and the stern are also made from flat carved blocks of wood, and not posts or curving planks as in vessels like the balangay .
The boat was created from a century-old tree by craftsmen on the island of Tawi Tawi in the Philippines. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The crew comprising Bob Hobman, nutritionist Sally Crook, Steve Corrigan, Robin Davey, navigator Bill McGrath, American surfing photographer Don King, cameraman Peter Rogers and Albrecht Schaeffer ate only food that was available ...
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.
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 ...
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