TAG : Moken
Carried away by modern waves
A Thai minority group struggling to adapt to formal education
In Blogs Archived: Ken May - 1st November 2008
They lived simple but hard lives. Moken caught fish and seafood with spears and hand-made nets, and they had no need for electricity or piped water. They informally learned to make nets, carve boats, gather wild plants, preserve fish in the sun and salvage fresh water for drinking. Their traditional knowledge included where to find seafood and how to navigate the flow of the seas. This education was a curriculum of survival.
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