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Ray, a young Bajau drying seaweed (euche...
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Image #: DSC_0590-60001
Location: Gading-Gading, Sabah
Description: Ray, a young Bajau drying seaweed (euchema cottonii) on a floating fish farm. Cultivated and harvested twice a year in the clear tropical waters of the Celebes Sea, many Bajau, Suluks and Tidung supplement their income by selling seaweed or 'agar-agar' to nearby processing plants. Other kinds of edible seaweed is sold in wet markets as food.
Keywords: bajaus | seaweed | cultivating | indigenous | peoples | ethnic | borneo | agar-agar |