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Vedda, Sri Lankan aboriginal
- "I was born in the forest. My ancestors come from there. We are forest beings, and I want to live and die here. And even if I were reborn just as a fly or an ant, I would still be happy so long as I knew I would come back to live in the forest."
-Late Uru Warige Tissahamy, Chief of the Vaddas Clan-
Veddas, or as they call themselves as the Wanniya-laeto, the indigenous people of Sri Lanka are descendants of Sri Lanka’s Neolithic community. They have self-identified themselves as native communities such as Bintenne Veddas mainly in Dambana, Anuradhapura Veddas mainly in Anuradhapura, and Coastal Veddas mainly in Vakarai.
The lifestyle of Veddas is intertwined with forest ecology because they are Forest Dwellers. They used bows and arrows for hunting. They ate wild plants, yams, honey, fruit, and nuts with a meat-rich diet and they did chena cultivation. The Coastal Vaddas is an expert fisherman and they used harpoons and toxic plants for fishing.
The original language use by Vaddas is called Vadda language but today it is used merely especially during hunting and religious activities. They follow a mix of animism and Buddhism and practice a cult of the dead and worshipped their relatives called “Nae Yakku”. “Kiri Koraha” the traditional dance of Veddha is performing to obtain the blessings of their gods. They used to wear traditional clothing until recent times. Men wore loincloths and women wore a piece of cloth that extended from the navel to the knees.
- "I was born in the forest. My ancestors come from there. We are forest beings, and I want to live and die here. And even if I were reborn just as a fly or an ant, I would still be happy so long as I knew I would come back to live in the forest."
-Late Uru Warige Tissahamy, Chief of the Vaddas Clan-
Veddas, or as they call themselves as the Wanniya-laeto, the indigenous people of Sri Lanka are descendants of Sri Lanka’s Neolithic community. They have self-identified themselves as native communities such as Bintenne Veddas mainly in Dambana, Anuradhapura Veddas mainly in Anuradhapura, and Coastal Veddas mainly in Vakarai.
The lifestyle of Veddas is intertwined with forest ecology because they are Forest Dwellers. They used bows and arrows for hunting. They ate wild plants, yams, honey, fruit, and nuts with a meat-rich diet and they did chena cultivation. The Coastal Vaddas is an expert fisherman and they used harpoons and toxic plants for fishing.
The original language use by Vaddas is called Vadda language but today it is used merely especially during hunting and religious activities. They follow a mix of animism and Buddhism and practice a cult of the dead and worshipped their relatives called “Nae Yakku”. “Kiri Koraha” the traditional dance of Veddha is performing to obtain the blessings of their gods. They used to wear traditional clothing until recent times. Men wore loincloths and women wore a piece of cloth that extended from the navel to the knees.
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