Marine Nomadic Community

A Marine Nomadic Community is a nomadic community that lives primarily on water and maintains a traditional lifestyle centered around maritime activities and resources.

• AKA: Sea Gypsy Society, Aquatic Nomadic Group.
• Context:
  • It can typically develop Sea Nomad Cultural Practices through sea nomad intergenerational transmission.
  • It can typically maintain Sea Nomad Social Structure based on sea nomad kinship systems.
  • It can typically possess Sea Nomad Traditional Knowledge about sea nomad marine environments.
  • It can typically establish Sea Nomad Seasonal Migration Patterns following sea nomad resource availability.
  • It can typically practice Sea Nomad Subsistence Activity focused on sea nomad marine harvesting.
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  • It can often form Sea Nomad Trading Networks with sea nomad neighboring communities.
  • It can often preserve Sea Nomad Oral Tradition containing sea nomad ancestral history.
  • It can often maintain Sea Nomad Boat Building Techniques for sea nomad traditional vessel construction.
  • It can often practice Sea Nomad Customary Law governing sea nomad resource use.
  • It can often develop Sea Nomad Communal Decision-Making Processes for sea nomad collective management.
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  • It can range from being a Highly Mobile Sea Nomad Community to being a Semi-Settled Sea Nomad Community, depending on its sea nomad sedentarization level.
  • It can range from being a Traditional Sea Nomad Community to being a Modernized Sea Nomad Community, depending on its sea nomad cultural adaptation.
  • It can range from being a Small Sea Nomad Community to being a Large Sea Nomad Community, depending on its sea nomad population size.
  • It can range from being a Geographically Isolated Sea Nomad Community to being a Globally Connected Sea Nomad Community, depending on its sea nomad external interaction level.
  • It can range from being a Subsistence-Focused Sea Nomad Community to being a Market-Oriented Sea Nomad Community, depending on its sea nomad economic integration.
  • It can range from being an Ancient Sea Nomad Community to being a Contemporary Sea Nomad Community, depending on its sea nomad historical period.
  • It can range from being a Heritage-Preserving Sea Nomad Community to being a Technologically Adapted Sea Nomad Community, depending on its sea nomad temporal adaptation strategy.
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  • It can establish Sea Nomad Territorial Claims over sea nomad traditional waters.
  • It can develop Sea Nomad Ecological Knowledge Systems for sea nomad sustainable resource use.
  • It can maintain Sea Nomad Spiritual Practices connected to sea nomad marine world.
  • It can adapt Sea Nomad Livelihood Strategys to sea nomad environmental change.
  • It can create Sea Nomad Material Culture reflecting sea nomad maritime adaptation.
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• Examples:
  • Southeast Asian Sea Nomad Communities, such as:
    • Bajau Sea Nomad Communities, such as:
      • Semporna Bajau Sea Nomad Community in Malaysian sea nomad territory.
      • Sulawesi Bajau Sea Nomad Community in Indonesian sea nomad territory.
      • Sulu Bajau Sea Nomad Community in Philippine sea nomad territory.
    • Moken Sea Nomad Communities, such as:
      • Surin Islands Moken Sea Nomad Community in Thai sea nomad territory.
      • Mergui Archipelago Moken Sea Nomad Community in Myanmar sea nomad territory.
    • Orang Laut Sea Nomad Communities, such as:
      • Riau Archipelago Orang Laut Sea Nomad Community in Indonesian sea nomad territory.
      • Johor Strait Orang Laut Sea Nomad Community in Malaysian-Singaporean sea nomad territory.
  • Historical Sea Nomad Communities, such as:
    • 18th Century Sama-Bajau Sea Nomad Community during sea nomad pre-colonial period.
    • 19th Century Moken Sea Nomad Community during sea nomad early contact period.
  • Transitional Sea Nomad Communities, such as:
    • Stilt Village Sea Nomad Community adapting to sea nomad partial sedentarization.
    • Coastal-Integrated Sea Nomad Community engaging in sea nomad mixed economy.
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• Counter-Examples:
  • Coastal Fishing Village, which maintains a permanent land settlement rather than a sea nomad mobile lifestyle.
  • Maritime Trading Port, which focuses on commercial shipping rather than sea nomad traditional subsistence.
  • Island Indigenous Community, which has a land-based cultural identity despite maritime resource dependence.
  • Houseboat Community, which lives on water by modern lifestyle choice rather than sea nomad cultural tradition.
• See: Sea Nomad Person, Maritime Indigenous Knowledge, Traditional Fishing Society, Boat-Dwelling Culture, Aquatic Adaptation.

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