TO GO WITH Myanmar-culture-fishing-indigenous-Moken, FEATURE by Athens ZAW ZAW
This picture taken on May 13, 2017 shows Kar Shar, the Moken leader smoking his pipe as he sits in front of his home in Makyone Galet village in the Myeik Archipelago, off the coast of southern Myanmar. Until recently the sea provided the Moken, a nomadic seafaring tribe, with everything they needed: a base for boats they lived in, fish and seafood to eat and bounty such as pearls to trade with islanders for fuel and rice. But the waters have been devastated by the commercial fishing industry that has eaten away the area's once abundant marine life. / AFP PHOTO / Ye Aung THU / TO GO WITH Myanmar-culture-fishing-indigenous-Moken, FEATURE by Athens ZAW ZAW