Hello and

the present of the past a weekly series about historical events people and situations from the

fascinating to the forgotten.

I'm the Illuminati and today we're going to

explore North Sentinel Island home to the Centileese or Centonelli people an indigenous people in voluntary isolation

who protect themselves from the outside world,

often with force.

This place absolutely fascinates me,

as you'll see it has fascinated many other people.

After briefly gathering up some information for this episode I was curious to find out

when these people were discovered and if we've ever really been able to

communicate with them.

So let's start digging in a little deeper and see what we can uncover. North Sentinel is one of the Andaman Islands, an archipelago in the Bay of Bengal.

The island is forested aside from the shore, it's surrounded by coral reefs,

and it has an area of about 23 square miles.

The Indian boar seems to be native to the island and the people are hunter-gatherers.

Very little is known about the island though, and it hasn't been well surveyed and has, by and

large, remained a mystery.

What we do know about the Sentinalese

is that it's thought they live in three small bands

with communal huts and temporary shelters, sometimes located on the beach with space

for one nuclear family.

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