Why can’t the nomadic Bayao people go ashore in their lifetime?

I don’t know if you have ever been to Semporna. Semporna is a famous diving resort in the world. It has endless beautiful island scenery and a mysterious and dreamy underwater world. It is particularly worth mentioning. There is the unique "Bayao people" who live on the sea. When the editor traveled to Semporna before, I saw a group of Bajau people living on the sea. They are also called "Sea Gypsies" and are considered to be the last sea nomads in the world. .

According to the introduction from local people, the Bajau people are distributed over a wide area, mainly living in the Philippines, Indonesia, Malaysia and other sea areas. They have lived on the ocean all their lives and have been with the sea since childhood, making a living by fishing. . For hundreds of years, the Bajau people have lived in the waters of Southeast Asia for generations and rarely set foot on the land. It is said that children of the Bayao people learn to swim before they can walk, and can go fishing independently at the age of eight or nine.

Because they have adapted to life on the seabed, the Bajau people can dive to 30 meters or even deeper waters to fish and find some undersea creatures without using any advanced equipment. Some people may be curious. There is generally sea pressure in the deep sea. Wouldn't the lack of equipment cause damage to their eardrums? In fact, in order to prevent this situation, the Bajau people pierced their eardrums at a very young age to reduce the impact and damage caused by sea pressure as much as possible, even if doing so would cause hearing loss. , but they don’t regret it either.

As for the origin of the Bajau people, the locals in Semporna told me that there is another legend. According to legend, the princess of Johor, Malaysia, was washed away by a flood in a disaster. The king ordered a large number of soldiers to go to sea to search for her, and emphasized that if the princess could not be found, they would not have to come back. In order to find the princess, these soldiers had no choice but to stay at the seaside and live here for a long time. Over time, the Bayao tribe was born.

Some people say that the Bayao people cannot go ashore in their lifetime. In fact, it is not that they cannot go ashore, but they try not to go ashore as much as possible. The Bajau people have no nationality. Unless they need to sell the seafood they catch to inland people for some special transactions, they will not go to the sea easily, including buying some daily necessities. After buying, they will quickly return to the sea. In fact, the main reason is that if you survive in the sea for too long, you will feel uncomfortable and dizzy when you go to land, and your vision will become blurry.

With the continuous development of tourism, more and more people are getting to know the Bayao people. However, in the editor’s opinion, although they seem to be free and carefree, in fact they are very difficult to survive. Hard work. I wonder what everyone thinks of this nomadic people? Welcome to discuss together in the comment area.