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 Bajau Laut have no legal nationality documents bonding them to a State.They are stateless. They are highly v

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SHIGGLE
1) Muhamad Aizat B. Khairul Azman-0315705
2) Alexander Walter- 0315318
3) Liew Jun Shen-0306516
4) Kavilan Ravi Chandran-0315465
5)Yanov Gideon-0306263

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Badu Sipak
-Brightly coloured blouse -Usually in yellow colour
-Worn in weddings

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On festive occasions both horses and the riders will dressed in their colorful costume. They also believe they are descended from loyalty. This is perhaps why they wear such richly cloth and often made by hand from traditional dastar fabric.

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The land-oriented Sama (sometimes called Sama Dilaya or Sama Diliya) live in fully land-based farming communities (especially in western Sabah).
Agriculture
The main food crops:
rice
cassava (manioc)
corn (maize)
bananas
tomatoes
yams
beans
other fruits and vegetables

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Fisherman

The Bajau people are the second largest indigenous group in Sabah is the Bajau, a collective term for a predominantly Muslim people and their kindred groups.On the east coast however many of the Sea Bajaus still live in the traditional way.

Fishing is the main activity. While many have settled on land or in water villages, some are still nomadic boat dwellers.

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-Strictly follows an ethical system called "Pamali"
-Pamali = Forbidden
-Pamali helps the Bajau tribe to sustain the environment.

Others -:
Do not use mirrors at night
-Do not sit on the stairs
-Do not cut nails at night
-Do not sleep with wet hair
-Do not sing at the kitchen
-Do not bring babies out at night
-Do not use cracked plates

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Merisik"
- Man's side asks for permission to marry the women.
- After getting the green light, they will proceed to the engagement

Propose
- The man supply the ring, clothes and cash for the engagement
- Duration of engagement = 1 year
- Female side determines how many buffaloes to be presented
- The more the number of buffaloes, the richer the men-side family is

Marriage
- Mak Andam - make up the soon to be husband and wife

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Costume of Men

Badu             Brightly coloured satiny blouse, usually green, with flared sleeves showing cuffs of underblouse in contrasting hue. The flared sleeves are two inches longer than the out-stretched arms and hands. Used for weddings. Betawi buttons in front, sometimes also on the sleeves.

Suar             Trousers made of similar material in contrasting colour and red trimming. Black for weddings.

Tanjak         Headdress of folded kain dastar (used for weddings). Podong, used by horseman.

Ingkot Pangkat    Silver coin belt with a wide buckle with an attachment called supu which is a round silver Bajau cigarette case.

Selendang    Sash tied around the waist.

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On the local scale it is most appropriate to say that the primary social organizing unit in Bajau society is the household, the backbone of which is the nuclear family, but which often expands to stem family arrangements, depending upon the stage in the development cycle of the household.

Kinship is of obvious importance in shaping the structure of the household and various areas under its domain, such as inheritance and the care of elderly parents, but the Bajau household is governed more by choice of residence than prescribed family roles.

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- Religion can vary among the different Sama-Bajau subgroups
- from a strict adherence to Sunni Islam, forms of folk Islam (itself influenced by Sufi traditions of early Muslim missionaries), to animistic beliefs in spirits and ancestor worship.
- There is a small minority of Catholics and Protestants.

Religions of Sama-Bajau (Malaysian population only) Religion Percent :-
Islam

95.26%

Christianity

0.52%

Folk Religion / Other religions

0.08%

No Religion / Unknown

4.14%

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1. Sagol
- In Bajau, it means mixture
- Usually cooked with stingray, fish. Eg. Buntal fish
- There are 2 types of Sagol: Dry Sagol (no gravy) & Wet Sagol (with gravy)2. Kilau
- Main ingredient is fish
- Should be cooked, not eaten raw
- Even eaten raw, flesh of the fish is safe & clean when mixed with vinegar & lemon
- Other ingredients used: mango, peppers, onions, tomatoes, ginger

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Thousands of children who live in plantations or are part of indigenous communities are without access to basic education because of legal status, distance and poverty.
Opportunity
Since 1996, Humana Child Aid Society Sabah has been providing primary education for these stateless children. More importantly, education gives them a hope for their future.

The Humana Learning Centres have provided them with the opportunity to gain basic education and after that, a chance to move on to find employment in shops, restaurants or as tour guides.

There are 128 learning centres providing education for over 12000 Bajau Laut children who do not have access to government schools.

Challenges
- Sabah is a complex area, both geographically and socially, especially as it is located on the edge of a ‘fluid archipelago'
- Lack of proper classrooms to provide the quality education
-  Bajau Laut have no legal nationality documents bonding them to a State.They are stateless. They are highly vulnerable to exploitation and abuse. The Bajau Laut are a classic example of a protracted and intergenerational statelessness situation. Children, the majority of whom were born in Sabah and have never set foot in another country, are particularly at risk.
Solutions
The new addition of the school building will not only help in creating equal opportunities for the Sama-Bajaus and the children of Bakod Bayan, improving the quality of education in Bakod Bayan Elementary School by creating a better environment that is conducive for learning.

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Selendang
-Scarf worn over shoulders

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Olos Berangkit
-Full length black skirt
-Exclusive wedding costume
-Rarely used nowdays

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1. Balangigi
2.Siasa Sama
3.Sinama
4.Pangutaran Sama
5.Mapun
6.Yakan
7.Abaknon
8.Indonesian Bajau
9.West coast Bajau

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-Disposal of waste in the sea
-Spitting in the sea
-Catching small fishes

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Total of over 1 million people
Malaysia and Philippines has the highest number which is over 400.000

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Bajau social structure mostly built not far from their main activities
Boat-dwelling and strongly maritime communities tend to have bonds of equality, means that all the people of Bajau deserve equal rights and opportunities, internally. Others, particularly those closely linked in the past to the trading polities of the region, developed systems of stratification much like those of the dominant Tausug, Maguindanao, Bugis, and others, comprised of nobles, commoners, and slaves.

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music :-
- handed down orally through generations.
-  usually sung during marriage celebrations (kanduli pagkawin), accompanied by dance (pang-igal) and musical instruments like pulau (flute), gabbang (xylophone), tagunggo'(kulintang gongs), and in modern times, electronic keyboards
-  types of Sama-Bajau traditional songs, they include: isun-isun, runsai, najat, syair, nasid, bua-bua anak, and tinggayun.
- Among the more specific examples of Sama-Bajau songs are three love songs collectively referred to as Sangbayan.
- These are Dalling Dalling, Duldang Duldang, and Pakiring Pakiring.
- The most well-known of these three is Pakiring Pakiring (literally "moving the hips")

Handicraft :-
- Sama-Bajau people are well known for weaving and needlework skills.

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An ethnic group of Malay origin, the Bajau people have lived entirely at sea throughout their life. They also can be considered the last true nomad of the ocean and they are also can be called 'Sea Gypsies' because they are practicing the same lifestyle to this day. They are also the second largest indigenous people in Sabah.