Change

The location of origin and the location the tribe resides now is a part of the change that is occurring for the tribe as they moved from the island of Borneo to different areas such as Malaysia. The storytelling (folklore) of the Bajau from their heritage is not being told as it is not being passed on from one generation to another. Being a water-based community, living near the water, they are now moving closer inland and adopting the qualities and lifestyle of the land-based communities. They are also changing their prized handmade lipa-lipa boats, which are revered and thought greatly of in the culture with celebrations using the boats, to that of commercially used, mass-produced boats, most of them still use this but they are starting to change that as well.

Waddington, R.
   2003, The Bajau. The Peoples of the World Foundation, The Peoples of the World Foundation.                   Electronic Document,
      http://www.peoplesoftheworld.org/text?people=Bajau, accessed March 27.