Featuring the Badjau sea gypsies and the Pa-aling fishermen (Part 5 of 5)

*This is my favourite bit - about friendships forged between the underwater cinematographers and the Filipino paaling divers.

This episode of Human Planet (BBC1) looks at how humans exploit the sea's riches with great ingenuity and bravery. It had some mini features about the Philippines:
The Bajau 'sea gypsies' of the Sulu Sea spend so much time on water they get 'land sick' when they set foot on the land! The dangerous world of the Pa-aling fishermen 40 metres below, where dozens of young men, breathing air through a tangled web of pipes attached to a diesel engine, capture thousands of fish in a vast net.

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[lgoopio]

Reminds me of the film "Muro Ami" about child labor and illegal fishing system in Philippines

[TheBrownPinoy]

@eisujanberusabaru congrats...clap clap clap

[eisujanberusabaru]

Oh I was the first viewer!