Sea Gypsies

Sea Gypsies or Sea Gypsy (Greek: Θαλασσόγυφτος) may refer to:

In ethnography, it can refer to any of several traditional people groups of southeast Asia:

• Sama-Bajau peoples, a collective name for several indigenous ethnic groups residing in the Philippines, Sabah, eastern Malaysia, Brunei, Indonesia, and parts of Sarawak, sometimes including the people who speak Makassar, and Bugis
• Moken, also known as the Selung, Salone or Chalome and Chao Ley or Chao nam, an Austronesian ethnic group with about 2,000 to 3,000 members who maintain a nomadic, sea-based culture
• Orang Laut, a group of Malay people living in the Riau Islands of Indonesia
• Tanka people, a Han ethnic sub-group that lives on boats in Southern China
• Urak Lawoi, coastal dwellers of Thailand

In film, it can refer to:

• The Sea Gypsies (1978 film), starring Robert Logan and Heather Rattray

In literature, it can refer to

• Catalans, for example in "Monte Cristo" by Alexander Dumas-Father
• Cossacks

See also

• "Ocean Gypsy", a song by Renaissance (band) and covered by Blackmore's Night
• Seafarers (ethnic groups)
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