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The Veddas have been regarded as one of the most primitive of existing raves, and it has long been felt desirable that their social life and religious ideas should be investigated as thoroughly as possible.
It was known that the Veddas were a numerically small people verging on extinction, and so affected by contact with Tamils and Sinhalese that if they were not studied promptly, there was every possibility that it would soon be too late to study them at all. With all the efforts, authors were able to meet only four families, and heard of two more, who they believe had never practised cultivation. Pureblooded Veddas are not quite so rate as this statement implies. The Danigala community, the best know “wild” Veddas of Ceylon, are still reasonably pureblooded, though they have adopted many Sinhalese habits, including cultivation, and have assumed the role of professional primitive man. They are commonly fetched to be interviewed by travelers at the nearest rest house, where they appear clad only in the tradiotional scanty Vedda garment, whereas, when not on show, they dress very much as the neighbouring peasant Sinhalese. In spite of the decay into which the Vedda social fabric has fallen, authors believe that the expedition may be considered to have achieved a considerable measure of success, since it has brought to light a number of facts hitherto unknown. The daces those witnessed at Sitala Wanniya and Bandaraduwa were performed in the depth of the jungle under circumstances which necessitated underexposure in spite of the use of the most rapid plates. The photographs reproduced in Chapter IX bear testimony to that.
The study covers all aspects of life of the Veddas: historical, geographical, their then condition, social organization, genealogies, family life, property and inheritance, religion, magic, ceremonial dances, invocation arts and sense. The book is profusely illustrated with 15 text figures and 72 photographs.
History of The Colombo Chetties
Author: Dr. Christopher
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Memoirs Of The Archaelogical Survey of Ceylon Volu
Author: A. M. Hocart
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Memoirs Of The Archaeological Survey of Ceylon Vol
Author: S. Paranavitana
The Rock And Wall Paintings of Sri Lanka
Author: Senake Bandaran
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