10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «VEDDAH»
Discover the use of
Veddah in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
Veddah and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Veddah women: impact of t[r]anslocation from a forest ...
Study restricted to Henanigala village where the families now reside and Dambana, the area from where the translocated families hailed.
Asoka Jayasena, CENWOR (Organization : Sri Lanka), 1994
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The Cyclopædia of India and of Eastern and Southern Asia, ...
See Veddah; Vettuvan. VEDANGA, from Veda and Anga, the name of six Sanskrit
books explanatory of the Veda, viz. Siksha or pronunciation, by Pauini ; Chandas
or metre, by Pingala; Vyakarma or grammar, by Panini ; Nirukta, a glossarial ...
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Current Trends in Linguistics
VEDDAH SPEECH During our visits to Dambana near Mahiyangana, to
Pollebedda six miles from Maha Oya, and to certain other areas said to be
Veddah country, we noticed that most of the so-called Veddahs were conversant
with the ...
Thomas Albert Sebeok, 1970
The time had undoubtedly passed away when the fullest information as to the
origin of the Veddah could have been obtained. Rapidly dying out, the nomad
will, in the course of the next fifty years, have ceased to exist as such. No
systematic ...
Asiatic Society (Calcutta, India), 1887
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Population, land and structurtal change in Sri Lanka and ...
My estimate for the totality of Veddah villages is that the average per capita
holding was about 0.3 acres in both 1931 and 1971. An estimate of holdings in
1891 is harder to derive without more extensive documentary research, owing to
the ...
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Proceedings of the Asiatic Society of Bengal
The time had undoubtedly passed away when the fullest information as to the
origin of the Veddah could have been obtained. Rapidly dying out, the nomad
will, in the course of the next fifty years, have ceased to exist as such. No
systematic ...
Asiatic Society of Bengal, 1885
When the Dutch arrived in Sri Lanka there were Veddah communities as far north
as Jaffna. Today there are two groups: Kele Weddo (jungle-dwelling Veddahs)
and Can Weddo (village-dwelling Veddahs), living mainly in the area between ...
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TRNSACTION OF THE ETHONOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF LONDON
those only who are the most barbarous, who have preserved in all essentials
their isolation from other races intact, that we must expect to find the most marked
peculiarities. The term Veddah — or Weddah — in itself, indicates no particular ...
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Transactions of the Ethnological Society of London
those only who are the most barbarous, who have preserved in all essentials
their isolation from other races intact, that we must expect to find the most marked
peculiarities. The term Veddah — orWeddah — in itself, indicates no particular ...
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The Scots Magazine ...
Surrounded with animals and) vegetables, the greatest exertion of skill,
enterprise, and perseverance, are necessary to collect an adequate supply of
food for the Veddah ;-his life is spent in wandering through the dense and often
pestilential ...
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «VEDDAH»
Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term
Veddah is used in the context of the following news items.
A look inside the Veddah Museum
The mud clad building in the middle of the village is one of the most important places in Dambana, the village museum. This, we learnt, is the only museum ... «The Sunday Times Sri Lanka, Aug 14»
Veddas' votes are hunted, but they want to hunt too
Roads to the veddah village of Dambana are under construction. Sand piles and tar barrels line the way, and there are newly-planted electricity poles – but ... «The Sunday Times Sri Lanka, Aug 14»
Kataragama Esala Festival
Kataragama is a popular pilgrim site, sacred alike to Buddhist, Hindus, Muslims and indigenous Veddah people of Sri Lanka. People from South India also come ... «The Sunday Times Sri Lanka, Jul 14»
No honey blandishments for Veddah Chief
But though the Veddah tribe may live in the Vanni isolated from the rest of society, it is clear they keep in touch with the times and are in tune with evolving trends ... «The Sunday Times Sri Lanka, Jun 14»
Sri Lankans in Canada enjoy rare treat of Sarachchandra stage …
In the drama Maname, the young wife does not actually give the sword to the Veddah King. She merely hesitates in giving the sword to her husband and pleads ... «Lankaweb, May 14»
Thousands of years-old Nilgala medicinal forest being destroyed by …
Many years ago, perhaps less than one hundred, they were the grounds of the Aadivaasi (Veddah) tribes who were living in the Rathugala hill caves and ... «The Island.lk, Jan 14»
Presidential cameraman snapped stealing camera at Dubai airport
Among the several hundred people who took the opportunity to visit Parliament last week was a Veddah community member who came clad in his traditional ... «The Sunday Times Sri Lanka, Dec 13»
Into the hills with Sri Lanka's very own Indiana Jones
And then there's his special relationship with the ancient Veddah tribe that can trace a direct line of descent from the island's Neolithic community dating back to ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Jul 13»
Sri Lanka: Survival calls on UN to stand up for Wanniyala-Aetto
The Wanniyala-Aetto, commonly known to outsiders as Veddah, are struggling to survive on what remains of their land. In the 1950s their territory was opened ... «Survival International, Mar 13»
Politicos play cricket with indigenous people
A cricket match with the fast vanishing Veddah tribe, now termed as ... led the Government team whilst Uruwarige Muthubanda captained the Veddah side. «The Sunday Times Sri Lanka, Sep 12»
