Isikhathi sonke abantu bafuna ukuhlola izindawo ezingajwayelekile, ukufunda amasiko amasha. Kodwa-ke, kusekhona isiqhingi emhlabeni wonke isizwe, amasiko angafuni ukuwazisa, futhi abahambi abanolwazi abafuni ukuvakashela leli siqhingi elikhohliwe nguNkulunkulu.
Inyakatho ye-Sentinel Island (indawo engama-72 km2) ingenye yeziqhingi zase-Andaman e-Bay of Bengal. Kuvinjelwe ukuvakashela, ngoba kuhlalwa abantu ababizwa ngokuthi abangewona othintekayo. Lesi siqhingi saba izwe lakuleli zwe elibuthakathaka lesi-Sentinel. Ilahla noma yikuphi ukuxhumana nezwe langaphandle futhi liphikisana kakhulu nalabo abafuna ukusondela esiqhingini sabo. I-Sentineltsy iphonsela amatshe futhi idubule imicibisholo ezindizeni zezindiza ezindizayo nezindiza phezu kwazo, futhi ibuye ihlasele imikhumbi eseduze.
Noma kunjalo, ukuvakashelwa kule ndawo kungaba yingozi hhayi kuphela kubahambi abanesidingo. Abahlali baseziqhingini abavikelekile ezifweni zanamuhla, ngakho-ke ukuxhumana nempucuko kungabhubhisa sonke isizwe, okwathi amashumi eminyaka afunde amaqembu abacwaningi, izazi ze-anthropologists.
Kuyathakazelisa ukuthi lesi sizwe satholwa kuqala kuma-1700s. Futhi isikhathi sokuvela kwama-Sentinelites yi-Stone Age, lapho, njengoba kuboniswa khona, laba bantu basaphila.
Ngokusemthethweni, i-Sentinel Island ilawulwa uhulumeni waseNdiya, kodwa empeleni i-Sentinelis ehamba phambili ishiyelwe kumadivayisi abo, njengoba engayisayina noma yiziphi izivumelwano zokungenelela kunoma yimuphi umbuso futhi ayizange ixoxe nayo.
Gwema ukufika kuwo, uma ungafuni ukungena enkingeni. Ngokwesibonelo, abadobi ababili, abalahlekile lapha ngo-2006, babulawa ngesihluku. Ngenkathi iHigh Guard iHelicopter izama ukuthatha imizimba yabo, abahlali baseziqhingini babeziphatha kabi kangangokuthi indiza yayingenakufika ngisho nokufika. Ngokushesha kwaziwa ukuthi isizwe sagcwala izidumbu zabantu abangenacala.
Isibalo sesizwe esihlala esiqhingini, ngokwezindinganiso ezihlukahlukene, silinganiselwa kubantu abangu-50 kuya ku-400. Ngendlela, lesi siqhingi satholwa ekupheleni kwekhulu le-18, kodwa ukukhokho kwayo kwakhohliwe cishe iminyaka eyikhulu, futhi kwakhunjulwa kuphela ngo-1867, lapho umkhumbi womthengisi waseNdiya uphahlale kula manzi.
Namuhla kuyisiqhingi sokugcina emhlabeni, esakhiwe ngabantu abanokuqala. Ngokuqondene nokubukeka kwabo, izazi ze-anthropologists zibhekisela kumaNegritos. Abashushisi banezikhumba ezinamahloni, ama-locks akhawundi, futhi ukuphakama akudluli ku-170 cm.
Owokuqala futhi, mhlawumbe, oxhumana naye onobungane kuphela owenziwe ngo-1991 nguSosayensi T.N. Pandit. Kodwa kakade ngasekupheleni kweminyaka yama-1990, uhlelo loxhumana nabo lwaluvalwe ngenxa yobutha besizwe.
Ngemva kwalolu hambo, akekho owayesaba ukuvakashela lesi siqhingi.
Kwaqashelwa ngokomthetho ukuthi isizwe sinempilo futhi siphumelele ngaphandle kokungenelela kwempucuko yanamuhla.
Ngendlela, i-Sentineltsy yenza imicibisholo esuka ensimbi futhi ayisebenzise eminye imisebenzi eminingi yezandla namathuluzi.