Tag: Rathugala
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Index of Articles
Index of articles about the Wanniyal-aetto and other indigenous peoples of Sri Lanka
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Guardians of the Red Earth
The Danigala Veddas were one of the groups who escaped into the caves of the jungle. In the 1940s, the government removed them from the Danigala caves and mandated that they live in homes in the forest made with mud walls and thatched roofs.
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Sri Lanka’s Last Indigenous People
By Zinara Rathnayake The Veddas were traditionally forest dwellers, who foraged, hunted and lived in close-knit groups in caves in the dense jungles of Sri Lanka. But most people haven’t heard of them. “This is our cave,” said the man. He was tall with curly, shoulder-length hair and his lower lip was caked red with…