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From moorage to village: a glimpse of the changing lives of the Sama Dilaut
Philippine quarterly of culture and society • 39 (2) • Published In 2011 • Pages: 87-131
By: Jumala, Francis C..
Abstract
Combining extant ethnographic information collected in the 1960s with follow-up research in the mid-2000s, this study points to two major factors for why a boat-dwelling Sama-Bajau community lost its maritime-adapted lifestyle and independent cultural identity. One was that the government of Philippines bulldozed their coral-reef moorage when building roads. The other was an insurgency war waged in the region by Islamic secessionists. Consequently, Sama-Bajau communities were resettled in government-provided onshore housing, becoming wage laborers and beggars in a number of towns.
- Region
- Asia
- Sub Region
- Southeast Asia
- Document Type
- article
- Evaluation
- Creator Type
- Anthropologist
- Document Rating
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- Analyst
- Teferi Abate Adem
- Field Date
- 2004-2005
- Coverage Date
- 1963-2005
- Coverage Place
- Tungkalang, Sanga-sanga Island, Bongao, Tawi-Tawi, Bangsamoro, Philippines
- Notes
- Francis C. Jumala
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 128-131)
- LCCN
- 74640433
- LCSH
- Bajau (Southeast Asian people)