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Dambana, Vedda's native village

Dambana, Vedda's native village

Dambana a jungle area has located16 km east of Mahiyanganaya. The Sri Lankan native hunter-gathering people, the Veddas, are living there. However, they were unable to live with their traditional hunting life due to resettlement projects, development of the area, and civilization influences. More or less they were absorbed into mainstream society and mainly cultivating fields. But all of them are protecting their cultural identity, retained their own religion, a kind of spirit cult, wearing their traditional weapons of axe, bow, and arrow, and performing their traditional rituals.

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Vadda Arts

Date of Issue : 2010-09-25

Vadda Arts

Date of Issue : 1994-09-12

Vadda's Traditional Dance

Date of Issue : 2010-09-25

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Vadda Arts

Date of Issue : 2010-09-25

Vadda Arts

Date of Issue : 1994-09-12

Vadda's Traditional Dance

Date of Issue : 2010-09-25

Dambana a jungle area has located16 km east of Mahiyanganaya. The Sri Lankan native hunter-gathering people, the Veddas, are living there. However, they were unable to live with their traditional hunting life due to resettlement projects, development of the area, and civilization influences. More or less they were absorbed into mainstream society and mainly cultivating fields. But all of them are protecting their cultural identity, retained their own religion, a kind of spirit cult, wearing their traditional weapons of axe, bow, and arrow, and performing their traditional rituals.