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To: Lane3 who wrote (93183)	1/1/2005 12:38:23 PM
From: Ilaine	Read Replies (2) of 793838

>>Elders' Knowledge of the Oceans Spares Thai 'sea Gypsies' From Tsunami Disaster The Associated Press BANGKOK, Thailand (AP) - Knowledge of the ocean and its currents passed down from generation to generation of a group of Thai fishermen known as the Morgan sea gypsies saved an entire village from the Asian tsunami, a newspaper said Saturday. By the time killer waves crashed over southern Thailand last Sunday the entire 181 population of their fishing village had fled to a temple in the mountains of South Surin Island, English language Thai daily The Nation reported. "The elders told us that if the water recedes fast it will reappear in the same quantity in which it disappeared," 65-year-old village chief Sarmao Kathalay told the paper. So while in some places along the southern coast, Thais headed to the beach when the sea drained out of beaches - the first sign of the impending tsunami - to pick up fish left flapping on the sand, the gypsies headed for the hills. Few people in Thailand have a closer relationship with the sea than the Morgan sea gypsies, who spend each monsoon season on their boats plying the waters of the Andaman Sea from India to Indonesia and back to Thailand. Between April and December, they live in shelters on the shore surviving by catching shrimp and spear fishing. At boat launching festivals each May, they ask the sea for forgiveness. info.mgnetwork.com What you and I learned years ago from (my guess is) reading Life Magazine -- I think that's where I read about it, maybe Reader's Digest? -- is considered ancient lore of the sea. Hooray for mass media. We don't always appreciate how lucky we are to have it.

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