(22 Dec 2024)
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Surin Islands, Thailand – 11 December 2024
1. Various of Moken villager repairing boat on shore of Moken village in Surin Islands
2. Various of Moken villager hanging laundry outside house on stilts
3. Wide of Moken village
4. Various of Tawan Klathale, Moken villager who drives boats for tourists
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Surin Islands, Thailand – 12 December 2024
5. SOUNDBITE (Thai) Tawan Klathale, Moken villager:
“I was born on the Myanmar side. I was born on a boat, my dad said. Because in the past, a lot of us used to live on a boat. Back then, we were born, raised, and we died on a boat. But later on, like 20-30 years ago, fewer of us were living on a boat. Villagers started to settle on the shore kind of permanently.”
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ARCHIVE: Koh Lao, Thailand – 30 January 2011
6. Various of Moken villagers in Koh Lao working on their boat
7. Tilt down of Moken rowing a boat
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Pakarang Beach, Takua Pa District, Phang Nga Province, Thailand – 10 December 2024
8. Suriyan Klathale, aka "Hook" and younger brother of Tawan Klathale who lives on mainland, walking along beach
9. Suriyan Klathale talking
10. SOUNDBITE (Thai) Suriyan Klathale aka "Hook", Moken villager:
“The importance of the kabang (Moken boat) is, first, it was a home. It was where we made our living. In birth, sickness or death, we were on it. It’s like a lifetime of a person, of a family. In the past, we lived and we died on that boat. It was a home that we travelled in. The boat was very important to Moken in old times, every family, or two, would own one boat to live on the sea or sail from island to island.”
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Surin Islands, Thailand – 11 December 2024
11. Various of Moken villager crafting paddle out of wood
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Bangkok, Thailand – 2 December 2024
12. Various of Narumon Arunotai at Chulalongkorn University with a model of a Moken boat, called a kabang
13. SOUNDBITE (English) Narumon Arunotai, associate professor at Chulalongkorn University:
“It’s difficult to build a boat nowadays because they need logs. They need friends and relatives to help. So I think gradually, the knowledge of boat building will soon be gone if there’s no revitalization. And also, there was boundary now between Thai and Myanmar, whereas this was the open sea where people can cross and visit relatives and went to different islands to make a living. So there’s strict regulations for those Moken who became Thai nationals.”
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Surin Islands, Thailand – 11 December 2024
14. Various of Moken villager crafting wooden turtles
15. Various of Moken villager making handbag
16. Hand-made handbags hanging from a pole
17. Various of tourists walking through Moken village and looking at souvenirs
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Surin Islands, Thailand – 13 December 2024
18. SOUNDBITE (Thai) Kriengkrai Pohcharoen, Chief of Surin Islands National Park:
“In the part that I’m responsible for, I think about how to improve their quality of life, and how they can sustainably live in nature. Actually, for the Moken community, when there’s tourism, there are people or influence from the outside coming in, their way of life changed. They now have mobile phones and other things. They might not be able to maintain their cultural identity. It’s something that’s challenging, but I see them as people too. They are like Thai people. I want them to have a good quality of life.”
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ARCHIVE: Koh Lao, Thailand – 30 January 2011
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