Resh­ma Ra­goonath

"We be­lieve he fled Venezuela and came to Nabari­ma (the Spir­it of the Waves) for pro­tec­tion from the Shaman Wau­ta. It is a scared place to us. We want ac­cess to do our rit­u­als," he said. "We have been liv­ing here for the past 7,000 years. We want to or­gan­ise and ap­proach the Gov­ern­ment for recog­ni­tion and lay claim to scared sites," Shar said.