In one of the registration days in the municipality of Patikul in Sulu, we see Norina Sampang providing support to Sama Bajau parents who have queued to register the birth of their children. At the ...

Ina Biri began weaving at just 13 years old. She learned the patterns from her mother, who in turn had learned them from her own mother. Today, at 55, she leads 78 women through the Magtetepoh Women’s ...

The Bajau people of Malaysia and the Philippines are renowned for their free-diving abilities, often working eight-hour shifts in search of fish and other sea critters. Underwater sessions can last ...

Research reveals how natural selection shaped the Bajau sea nomads’ spleens to boost oxygen delivery, helping them dive for minutes on a single breath. For more than a thousand years, the Bajau — ...

As a society known to the world for its extraordinary physical abilities in diving, Bajau residents welcome this holy month with various adjustments. In the village of Sampela, only about 70 percent ...

Conceived as both a livelihood hub and a living cultural space, the center provides an environment where weavers can prepare materials, create, showcase, and sell their traditional pandan-woven crafts ...