not jats not rajputs not marathas. not those naga headhunters of the past - none of these.

it is the sentinelese i believe.

they live on a small island off the main andaman island and nobody has ever come in contact with them. they are fierecly independent and not even the indian government has control over them. their island is still property of india but nobody has ever visited there.

if anybody goes on their island it is likely that they will not return. after the tsunami an indian army helicopter flew over their island to check if they were alive. as it flew over the island several men without any clothing came out with spears and fired at the helicopter. but luckily it was not shot down.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=XNY-3z-dPkw

here is a video of them.

they do seem to like coconuts but nobody knows their language.

i never knew of these people until today. i just got it in my email.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sentinelese

Lol they are not a new discovery. Anthropoligists had made contact with them long ago. They are the most primitive types a human can be. Governmet have declared their habitat as reserved and no other person from outside can settle there. Yes they are fiercely independent.

Gorkhas and Gurungs are fierce but they are mostly in Nepal more than they are in India.

It is all British created propoganda. People shouldn't give heed to this at all. You can use the term 'brave' for these people. But fierce, I don't think so.

yes they are not new but this is the first time i had heard of them. there are so many tribes and clans in the andamans i never knew of it.

I never knew about them. That's amazing how they've managed to keep themselves so isolated.

^ it's not that hard when you spear everyone who comes ashore, lol. Some of them are friendly, gov't anthropologists give them coconuts for a chance to hang out with them.

Woa they survived the Tsunami...and they look very indepedent, if theres no government control over them. Would make good soliders?...I believe the Rajasthani-Rajputs dont have any government control too?

Well that's true I guess.
I just think it's so surprising that no interference from outside has happened to them.

Jeeze :| those are brave guys. I'd be too much of a wimp to do that.

I know the people of the Anderman and Nicobar Islands are pretty fierce. I remember watching a documentry about they a few years ago.

Interesting they are consider Indians of African decent. They are a protected people by the Indian governement. So vistors are highly restricted to visit them. I believe only a few anthropologists are allow in the area.
They are very interesting peoples.

oops! double post

Are they somehow to be related to the negritos in the Philippines?

I think they come from Africa, but the article on them does mention a relationship to the Philippines:



http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sentinelese

Yup they are indeed.

I don't think even anthropologists should be visiting them. This is probably one of the last societies on earth that has been more or less untouched by the outside world. In some ways they are like Adam and Eve, living in paradise and blissful in their innocence/ignorance.

yes they should be left alone. they will be because there is not interest in coming on their land. however i feel if disease ever washes up on their island they could go extinct without anybody knowing.

hey this adam and eve thing is really weird. some guy was preaching this to me one day but i had no time to listen

There are also Jarawa and Onge tribes, they are said to be more friendly than the rest. As far as Sentinelese are concerned they are highly territorial they inhabit an isolated island, they don't let any strangers come near them. One of my relatives went to Andamans in September 2004, he met some Jarawa tribals. He was going from Port Blair to some nearby town and the road runs through the Jarawa territory. The escorts told him not to give them any eatables especially bread, since bread has yeast and these tribals can't digest yeast, oil, spices etc. Jarawa kids interact with strangers on the roads but the elders keep up to themselves. He went out of the car and after some time when he turned back to the car he saw all the biscuits gone.

Some of the tribes got extinct because of the diseases and infection caused by outsiders. When in December 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami came people say that these tribals came to know about it much earlier and they went inland to safe places beforehand so there was no tribal casuality but other people were caught unaware and so many people died.

omg wow