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1. Badjao in the Philippines
The best PowerPoint about badjao

2. Table of Contents
Starting with the definition of ‘‘badjao’’, this
PowerPoint will put a closure on your curiosity about
badjao with the contents of :
•History
•Lifestyle
•Where they live
•What they do for the community, and
•Intervention of the government for the badjao

3. Badjao(bajao)
• ‘‘badjao’’ means man of the seas or "Sea Nomads"
• tribal group is known as the Sea Gypsies because they
move with the wind and the tide on their small
houseboats.

4. History
• Originated in Indonesia and Malaysia
• they have been floating off the shores of Southeast Asia
for around 1500 years.
• However, due to increasing piracy around the 1960’s the
Badjao people were forced off the water and onto land.

5. Lifestyle
• They live in a small house called ‘‘Lepas’’, ‘‘ baluto’’, and
‘‘ vinta’’
• They come to shore to barter their harvests for farmed
produce such as fruits and cassava, as well as,
replenish their supplies and/or make repairs to their
houseboats.

6. Where they live
• the Badjao are scattered along the coastal areas
of Tawi Tawi, Sulu, Basilan, and some coastal
municipalities of Zamboanga del Sur.

7. Contribution of badjao
• They are the most concentrated in the Tawi-Tawi
province in the Sulu archipelago. The Badjao are
traditionally boat-dwelling.
• Among the Badjao exuberance of color used as well as
highly spontaneous geometric and other stylized
symbols set in apart from the Samal mats.

8. Intervention of the government
• an out-reach program entitled “Sama Bajau Brotherhood
Day” at the City of San Fernando, La Union.
• It offered free medical consultation, dental services, free
medicines ect. to around 76 Badjao refugees.

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10. Amazing Facts (Courtesy of Mommy)
• In Bacolod, they have recovered two money
transfer receipts from those rounded up,
showing that they sent about PHP38,000 in cash
to certain recipients in Mindanao only in
November and December.

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12. Thank you for your time in listening in my presentation
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