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THE BADJAO PEOPLE

THE BADJAO PEOPLE The Badjao people are a minority, often despised by their already-poor "superiors." Their homelands have been taken from them, and their culture is slipping away. Originally, they were peaceful sea-faring people living on the Sulu Islands, who have become both war and economic refugees. They are war refugees, because over the years, they have been caught in the violent crossfire between Muslim separatists and the Christian-backed government in Manila. Economically, they have been victims of over fishing by other groups using everything from dynamite to high-tech fishing trawlers. Now, they are holed up in a seaside slum in Bawing, near General Santos.

• Date: 4 November 2008
• Photographer: danalasta: gallery
• Location: Philippines
• Tags: war mindanao sulu badjao bawing refugees
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