Felix Jody Kinarwan

Badak, an Orang Laut leader in Tanjung Gundap, a coastal village in Indonesia's Riau Islands, once sailed as far as Singapore to catch fish and turtles before settling on land. Now he rarely goes to sea and earns a living collecting mangrove wood for charcoal.

Pushed Ashore: When Sea People Become Strangers on Land

7 August 2023

Orang Laut, literally meaning “sea people”, were once the primary guardians of the sea. But the ambitions of modern development have slowly pushed them off

Felix Jody Kinarwan

Pushed Ashore: When Sea People Become Strangers on Land

Langganan Nawala Kami