Chief Tissahamy of the ‘Wanniya-laeto’ (forest dweller) seen holding his legendary bow and arrows portraying in his dominance in Dambana, Sri Lanka.
Sri Lanka’s indigenous inhabitants come from the Islands Neolithic community dating back to around 16,000 BC. The ‘Wanniya –laeto’ are gradually moving away from the forest and there indigenous culture into mainstream local communities to avoid discrimination. Chief Tissahamy past away at the age of 104 in 1998.
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