CaptainJZH

CaptainJZH OP t1_j6600uh wrote

Reply to comment by gwaydms in TIL workers dismantling the wrecked MV Primrose off of North Sentinel Island were confronted by the isolated Sentinelese, but defused the situation by giving them bananas and letting them on board to acquire scrap metal. Workers were visited by the Sentinelese 2-3 times a month for 18 months. by CaptainJZH

Also, some North Sentinel Islanders were once kidnapped, back in the colonial period, only for them to die because of disease. They probably have oral histories dating far far back so I would imagine "that time outsiders literally took some of us away never to be seen again" is a major part of their worldview.

And well, if anyone knows what it's like to have your culture and land tarnished by an outside force, it's India lol

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CaptainJZH OP t1_j64gy5i wrote

Reply to TIL workers dismantling the wrecked MV Primrose off of North Sentinel Island were confronted by the isolated Sentinelese, but defused the situation by giving them bananas and letting them on board to acquire scrap metal. Workers were visited by the Sentinelese 2-3 times a month for 18 months. by CaptainJZH

And this might just be my speculation, but I wonder if they recognized that they and the workers were both there for the same thing, and kinda respected them on that level. Like, "oh you're just here for the scrap metal. Cool, us too."

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CaptainJZH OP t1_j64ghww wrote

Reply to comment by Xszit in TIL workers dismantling the wrecked MV Primrose off of North Sentinel Island were confronted by the isolated Sentinelese, but defused the situation by giving them bananas and letting them on board to acquire scrap metal. Workers were visited by the Sentinelese 2-3 times a month for 18 months. by CaptainJZH

Oh they absolutely were thrusted into an Iron Age of sorts, cause they have been spotted using metal-tipped spears and whatnot. And who knows, the rusting hulk of the ship is still there so they have a pretty good supply for a while, maybe eventually they'll put metal to fire and discover what you can do with that.

This is basically the equivalent of us reverse-engineering a crashed alien spaceship lol

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