Orang Laut/Bajau People: The Amazing Sea Nomads of the Asian Sea
Both Portuguese and Malay sources agree that one of Parameswara’s main sources of support when he fled from Palembang, Sumatra, to Singapura was a group of “Sea People” or “Sea Nomads” (Orang Laut). The Portuguese called them Çelates, which was derived from th...
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