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Vedda

Member of any of the aboriginal peoples of Sri Lanka, who occupied the island before the arrival of the Aryans about 550 BC. Formerly cave-dwelling hunter-gatherers, they have now almost died out or merged with the dominant Sinhalese and Tamil populations. They speak a Sinhalese language, belonging to the Indo-European family.

They live mainly in the central highlands, and many practise shifting cultivation.
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Long before the development of these religions, however, the aboriginal inhabitants of Sri Lanka, the Veddas worshipped the Mountain.
German Memories in Asia - Adam's Peak of Sri Lanka by Rajkumar Kanagasingam / Arts and entertainment industries community
Also: Emile Deschamps, 'Les Veddas de Ceylan et leurs rapports avec les peuples environnants les rhodias et les singhalais', L'Anthropologie, 2 (1891); Charles Johnston, 'Race et caste dans l' Inde', L'Anthropologie, 6 (1895), 176-81.
Equivocal connections: Fonseca Cardoso and the origins of Portuguese ... by Roque, Ricardo / Portuguese Studies
 
 
 
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