Both influencers and tourists threaten the most insulated tribes. One young man arrested, another
4. Apr 2025 at 14:34
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American is in custody.
Port Blair, BRATISLAVA. There are several popular resorts on the Andaman Islands in the Indian Ocean.
However, entry is prohibited to enter the North Sentinel, an island with a lush jungle, white sandy beaches and lined with coral reefs.
The remote island is home to the Sentinels, whose experts refer to as « the most insulated indigenous tribe of the world ». Their exact number is therefore unclear, but it is estimated that there are only about two hundred.
The inhabitants live cut off from the outside world to which they have taken an enemy attitude.
They are not accustomed to technology and do not have immunity to modern diseases. The arrival of a 24-year-old American Mychail Poljakov, who briefly reached the island at the end of March, could fatally endanger them.
« It is incredible that someone can be so reckless and idiotic. This man has endanger his own life not only by his own life, but also by the lives of the Sentinels tribe, » She said in a statement by Caroline PearceDirector of the non -profit organization Survival International aimed at protecting indigenous tribes.
At the same time, its organizations recalls that a modern threat to tribes is no longer only mining and construction, but also influencers.
In the article you can also read:
- As the young man managed to get to the island,
- What happened to the American who wanted to get to the tribe before him,
- Why, according to the non -profit organization, influencers threaten the indigenous population.
On the boat and by the wheel
The young man got to the island after the inflatable boat with the engine from the main archipelago crossed about 35 kilometers open sea.
Before he got to the mainland, however, he whistled from the boat for about an hour to the whistle to attract the attention of the locals.
When he did not see anyone, he landed and brought coconut with him and a can of cocacols, which he said, according to the police as gifts.
« He stayed there for about five minutes. Before he returned to the boat, he left gifts on the shore, took samples of sand and recorded a video, » HGS police chief Dhaliwal told AFP. He was convinced of his stay on the island’s shots of his GoPro cameras.
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