Tuesday, June 12, 2007

Crazy Article about the Moken who Survived the Tsunami

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2005/03/18/60minutes/main681558.shtml

Sea Gypsies Saw Signs In The Waves
How Moken People In Asia Saved Themselves From Deadly Tsunami

This article is a fascinating example of how the Moken People survived - and the history of their people, as well as the use of language...

1 comment:

William said...

"It wasn't only the sea that was acting strangely. It was the animals, too. On the mainland, elephants started stampeding toward higher ground. Off Thailand’s coast, divers noticed dozens of dolphins swimming for deeper water. And on these islands, the cicadas, which are usually so loud, suddenly went silent."