Learning Points: ‘Do what is fulfilling, not expedient’

There are many names for the sea gypsies of the southern island of Davao in the Philippines: Badjao, Samal Badjau, or Bayao to mention but a few, writes Richard Hogan.

They are an ethnic group traditionally from the islands of the Sulu Archipelago in the Philippines, they are also scattered around the costal areas of Mindanao, northern and eastern Borneo, the Celebes, and throughout some eastern Indonesian Islands.