Bajau Laut stilt houses on Mabul island.
Children are making small squid ink "bombs". Later they will be used by their parents for attracting tuna.
Agunnay is spearfishing in the shallow waters. Living in unity with the ocean allows the Bajau to develop extraordinary abilities to free dive. They can go as deep as 20 meters down to look for seafood. They also used to dive for pearls.
"When father took me to free dive for the first time, I didn’t know how to do it. He just showed me how to breathe and block my nose. Then he put a rope with some weights on me and drooped me into the ocean," explains Agunay.
A Bajau woman and her children caught in the storm offshore Mabul island. They go around the island to sell fish for resorts or tourists and earn some money.
There might not be any Sama Dilaut living on boats left in the area in a few years. Only stories and legends about people from the Ocean will remain.
A man selling sea food for tourists next to one of the resorts in Mabul island.
Bajau Laut are selling sea food for tourists next to one of the resorts in Mabul island.
Agunnay in his tiny boat, paddling out in to the ocean for spearfishing.
Teacher Alee during the lesson in School of Hope for stateless children in the island of Mabul, Malaysia.
Bajau Laut are selling sea food for tourists next to one of the resorts in Mabul island.
Bajau Laut are selling sea food for tourists next to one of the resorts in Mabul island.
Teacher Alee during a lesson in the School of Hope for stateless children in the island of Mabul, Malaysia.
Agunnay is coming back home in his boat after spearfishing in shallow waters not too far from Mabul island.
School of Hope for stateless children in the island of Mabul, Malaysia.
School of Hope for stateless children in the island of Mabul, Malaysia.
Agunnay swims to fishing place.
A turtle swims offshore Sipadan island.
Bajau Laut selling fish next to a reasort on Mabul island.
Agunnay is preparing his speargun for spearfishing session.
A boy hand on the boat in Sibuan island.
Clothes are hanged to dry on the shore of Sibuan island.
People playing in Sibuan island.
People building a stilt house off the shore of Sibuan island.
Bajau woman in the boat, near her small stilt house just right offshore Sibuan island, Malaysia.
Bajau woman pours water away from her boat, near her small stilt house just right offshore Sibuan island, Malaysia.
A cat by a stilt house in Sibuan island.
A view through the boat window offshore the Maiga island.
A child crying in the dad's lap, in the boat offshore Maiga island.
Woman washes dishes in the boat, floating close to Maiga island.
A man coming back to his boat after fishing offshore Maiga island.
Woman breastfeeds her baby on the boat offshore Maiga island.
Bajau Laut woman on the boat, close to Semporna town.
Agunnay is preparing to go fishing. He checks the mask and smokes a few cigarettes in a row.
Bajau Laut woman and children in Maiga island, Malaysia.
Bajau Laut in Sibuan island, Malaysia.
Stilt houses around Maiga island, Malaysia.
A woman is washing her boat, floating close to Maiga island, Malaysia.
Sibuan island, Malaysia.
Stilt houses around Sibuan island.
A child in the boat, offshore Maiga island.
A woman washes dishes on the boat offshore Maiga island.