Sea Gypsies may refer to:
In ethnography, it can refer to any of several groups in southeast Asia:
- Bajau, an indigenous ethnic group residing in Sabah, eastern Malaysia, Brunei, Indonesia, the Philippines, 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.
Famous quotes containing the words sea and/or gypsies:
“... but by that time a lot of sea had rolled by and Lucette was too tired to wait. Then the night was filled with the rattle of an old but still strong helicopter. Its diligent beam could spot only the dark head of Van, who, having been propelled out of the boat when it shied from its own sudden shadow, kept bobbing and bawling the drowned girl’s name in the black, foam-veined, complicated waters.”
—Vladimir Nabokov (1899–1977)
“My mother said that I never should
Play with the gypsies in the wood,”
—Unknown. Gypsies in the Wood (l. 1–2)