Indonezyjski lud Bajau - NYT

A man wears traditional wooden goggles while sitting in a canoe in a Bajo village on Peleng, one of the largest of the Banggai Islands, an archipelago...

Sunirco, the Indonesian Bajau People Association leader, prepares to leave his home to teach at a school in a Bajo village on Peleng, one of the large...

People buy skipjack tuna caught by Bajo fishermen in a Bajo village on Peleng, one of the largest of the Banggai Islands, an archipelago that is part...

Stilt houses belonging to Bajo fishermen in the Molucca Sea in Indonesia, Nov. 6, 2023. Indonesia's Bajo people, who once spent most of their lives in...

Shellfish and sea cucumbers drying in the sun on a stilt house in the Molucca Sea in Indonesia, Nov. 6, 2023. Indonesia's Bajo people, who once spent...

Zausiyah and her husband, Mawardi, relax in their stilt house in the Molucca Sea in Indonesia, Nov. 6, 2023. Indonesia's Bajo people, who once spent m...

A Bajo fisherman keeps watch at a fish trap known as a sero in a Bajo village on Peleng, one of the largest of the Banggai Islands, an archipelago tha...

Zausiyah cleans a fish in her stilt house in the Molucca Sea in Indonesia, Nov. 6, 2023. "Fishing is the only thing we, the Bajo people, know," Zausiy...

Bajo fishermen place rocks in a pile to protect a village from waves on Peleng, one of the largest of the Banggai Islands, an archipelago that is part...

Bajo children play and swim in a village on Peleng, one of the largest of the Banggai Islands, an archipelago that is part of the province of Central...

A child helps bring a barracuda from the day's catch to a local fish market in a Bajo village on Peleng, one of the largest of the Banggai Islands, an...

Wardi, a Bajo fisherman, keeps watch at his fish trap known as a sero in a Bajo village on Peleng, one of the largest of the Banggai Islands, an archi...

A man cuts wood in a Bajo village on Peleng, one of the largest of the Banggai Islands, an archipelago that is part of the province of Central Sulawes...

Skipjack tuna trapped in a fish trap known as a sero in a Bajo village on Peleng, one of the largest of the Banggai Islands, an archipelago that is pa...

A Bajo fisherman dives with a speargun in the Banggai Islands, an archipelago that is part of the province of Central Sulawesi in Indonesia, Nov. 7, 2...

Skipjack tuna trapped in a fish trap known as a sero in a Bajo village on Peleng, one of the largest of the Banggai Islands, an archipelago that is pa...

A Bajo fishermen returns to one of the stilt houses that have been built on a reef in the Molucca Sea in Indonesia, Nov. 6, 2023. Indonesia's Bajo peo...

Zausiyah paddles in her canoe near stilt houses that have been built on a reef in the Molucca Sea in Indonesia, Nov. 6, 2023. Indonesia's Bajo people,...