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The sea people of SuluBook 1972 • Nimmo, Harry
Sama-Bajau • Asia > Southeast Asia
This study of changes in traditional Sama-Bajau culture compares the boat-dwellers Tawi-Tawi and the house-dwellers of Sibutu, showing substantial variations in social behavior and structural features, such as household composition, preferred marriag...Bajau sex and reproductionarticle 1970 • Nimmo, Harry
Sama-Bajau • Asia > Southeast Asia
This is a brief description of Sama-Bajau beliefs and practices regarding sexual intercourse, reproduction, and childbirth, utilizing data collected during a period of significant change when many families abandoned their traditional boat-dwelling no...MagosahaBook 2000 • Nimmo, Harry
Sama-Bajau • Asia > Southeast Asia
This is an exploration of the cultural and economic forces underlying the seasonal migration of the traditional boat-dwelling Sama-Bajau communities of the Sulu Archipelago. The central theme is that many cultural changes over four decades are due to...Reflections on Bajau Historyarticle 1968 • Nimmo, Harry
Sama-Bajau • Asia > Southeast Asia
This essay provides insights on Sama-Bajau origin myths and traditions, and their recent transition from fulltime boat-dwellers to land-dwellers. While underscoring the popularity of a legend that they came from a distant place to the west, the autho...Social organization of the Tawi-Tawi Badjawarticle 1965 • Nimmo, Harry
Sama-Bajau • Asia > Southeast Asia
This is a brief summary of salient aspects of Sama-Bajau social organization, focusing on culturally-expected reciprocal rights and obligations among members of households, kinship groups, and residential communities. The discussion emphasizes the ef...Religious beliefs of the Tawi-Tawi Bajauarticle 1990 • Nimmo, Harry
Sama-Bajau • Asia > Southeast Asia
Through analysis of healing rituals, divination ceremonies, and magical rites, this article discusses the religious beliefs and associated practices of the boat-dwelling Sama-Bajau, emphasizing continuities in fundamental elements of religious and ma...The boats of the Tawi-Tawi Bajau, Sulu Archipelago, Philippinesarticle 1990 • Nimmo, Harry
Sama-Bajau • Asia > Southeast Asia
This is a description of Sama-Bajau watercraft, with particular focus on the variety of boats, boat-building arts, and sailing skills....