SRI LANKA - VEDDAS [ ABORIGINES ]

The Wanniyala-Aetto, or "forest people", more commonly known as Veddas or Veddahs (transliteration of Sinhala වැද්දා (IPA: [ˈvædːaː]), are an indigenous people of Sri Lanka, an island nation in the Indian Ocean; they were never numerous and are now few in number.

Contents  [hide] 1 Roots 2 Language 3 Cultural aspects 3.1 Religion 3.2 Burial 3.3 Cult of the Dead 3.4 Clothing 3.5 Music 3.6 Art 4 Livelihood 5 Current status 6 See also 7 References 8 Further reading 9 External links

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