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I wonder what it's like to be Sentinelese...

This isn't directly related to the guy who was killed. It just reminded me of them.

Like, what is their culture like? What are their myths and legends? How is their language built up, grammar-wise? What do they tell each other about outsiders to make them refuse outsider interaction with a burning passion?

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milkforme · 26-30, M

actually it is not the first time it happened. in 2006 two fisherman were also killed by them. They want to remain cut off from rest of the world. their immune system is weak against modern diseases. they may die by catching infection from normal people.

NorthernRoses · 22-25, F

@milkforme Yeah, I know. It's happened tons of times, enough for it to be sorta illegal to try to visit (?)

They've been this antagonistic to outsiders since they were discovered, so I doubt that's why THEY want to be cut off...

SW-User

@milkforme Do you think they know what their immune system is and how it affects them?

milkforme · 26-30, M

@SW-User yeah, earlier in port blair during colonial period of british Era, britishers started construction and urbanization and they forced the tribes living there to live in modern ways, some of them died to diseases and some raise their voice against it and thus got killed. after that sentinel people living in sentinel island which is in the west of portblair grew hostile to outside world