A draft copy of Andaman Sea Gypsies: their origins and culture . By Sumroeng Choeychuenjit .

Another publication in cooperation with SAN is ‘The origins and culture of the Morgan Sea Gypsies’. It offers us an insight into the myths and some of the stories that accompanied the Sea Gypsies on their centuries long migration from the Celebes Sea to the Andaman Islands of Thailand and Burma; as well as a window on to their current predicament after the 2004 Tsunami, along with their present living conditions, as a contrast to their rich history of exploration across today’s Indonesian archipelago.
Khun Sumroeng Choeychuenjit offers us an introduction to a community of people both mysterious and misunderstood, whilst providing useful material for those people involved in the Tsunami rehabilitation process.
Some aspects of the Sea Gypsies way of life are unique and it will take a great deal of flexibility on the part of government departments plus international and local NGOs to find an appropriate means of sustainably helping them in the long term.

 

 

 

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