Some live in houses on the beach or on stilts; others have no homes but
their boats.
Her face dusted in bedak sejuk, a
cooling powder made of rice and pandan leaves, Alpaida paddles out to
visit friends in stilt houses. The teen and her family belong to the
tribal group known as the Sea Bajau because they live year-round on
their lepa-lepas, handmade houseboats.
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