The vampire fish

On the northern coast of Kenya, the Bajun people practise an extraordinary traditional technique: remora fishing. In the waters once crossed by Sinbad the Sailor, the Bajun people practice an extraordinary traditional technique: remora fishing. Respected by everyone, once venerated as a god, the rem...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Wenger, Allan
Corporate Author: ZED (France)
Other Authors: Queyrat, Jean, Catteau, Manuel
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Paris, Ile-de-France ZED 1999, 1999
Series:Ethnographic video online, volume 1
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Collection: Ethnographic Video Online Vol. 1 - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
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520 |a On the northern coast of Kenya, the Bajun people practise an extraordinary traditional technique: remora fishing. In the waters once crossed by Sinbad the Sailor, the Bajun people practice an extraordinary traditional technique: remora fishing. Respected by everyone, once venerated as a god, the remora attaches itself to turtles, rays and sharks for its nourishment. The legend recounts that the remora sucks the blood of its victims to tire them out. Hence the name 'vampire fish'. Alphan lives north of the Kenyan coast, on one of the wildest islands in the Lamu archipelago, the island of Kiwayu, on the edge of the Indian Ocean. He used to be a sailor on a tanker and traveled all of the world's oceans. He gave it up however, to come home and live with his people