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SRI LANKAN MAN INVITES ME TO HIS TRIBE 🇱🇰 (I am shocked!) VEDDA

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Ride with Gabi

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@ridewithgabi · 4 months ago (edited) · pinned
👉 Get SafetyWing Travel medical Insurance here: <a href="https://dub.sh/Ph8PXiH">https://dub.sh/Ph8PXiH</a> What are your thoughts on the Vedda hunting ban? Let me know in the comments down below. ** No plan, one tuk-tuk, and no accommodation for tonight. After an all day of Rain, I ended up with the Indigenous people of Sri Lanka. Join me for 24 hours with the Oldest Tribe of Sri Lanka, the Vedda. It was an experience that I will remember for the rest of my life, and taught me some very important life lessons. Sit back, relax and enjoy the video. :) Best, Gabi 🙏 Whatsapp of the family in need: +94773913342 Their Bank account: Home branch code/Account number: 80602327 Address: WATUYAYA DAMBANA MAHIYANGANAYA 90700 Name: MRS UWS DAMAYANTHI Issuing Branch code: 542 Bank name: BOC (Bank of Ceylon) 🛺 Rent your TUK TUK in Sri Lanka here: <a href="https://tuktukrental.com/?ref=nmeymtf">https://tuktukrental.com/?ref=nmeymtf</a> 🏥 Get SafetyWing Travel medical Insurance here: <a href="https://dub.sh/Ph8PXiH">https://dub.sh/Ph8PXiH</a> All the Sri Lanka videos: - I can't believe Colombo is like this! 🇱🇰 <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uav-vu293cI">https://youtu.be/uav-vu293cI</a> - Sri Lankan Monk invites me to his temple 🇱🇰 <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lt606RIbx2c">https://youtu.be/Lt606RIbx2c</a> - A big lesson from Sigiriya 🇱🇰 <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XHdNN5F8Alo">https://youtu.be/XHdNN5F8Alo</a> ❗ I just found this news: "A couple killed by a wild elephant on a TREEHOUSE in Sri Lanka!" "Each day, as the sun set over the horizon, Thettuwage Tennakoon and his wife would carefully climb up into their treehouse in the middle of their rice field. This elevated position was ideal for keeping watch over the crop — and for staying safe from the elephants they were guarding the crop against. But in the middle of one night late last December, a lone elephant entered Tennakoon’s rice field and attacked the treehouse, bringing it down. The elephant then attacked the couple, and despite doctors’ attempts to save their lives, the pair died of their injuries on Christmas Eve. They left behind two children who will receive 2 million rupees ($5,500) in compensation from the government — a sum unlikely to make up for the loss of their parents, or ward off the continuing threat of marauding elephants. The family’s home district of Anuradhapura in Sri Lanka’s North Central province is the main hotspot of human-elephant conflict in the country. In 2022, 37 people were killed there in HEC incidents, accounting for a quarter of all human deaths recorded in Sri Lanka due to encounters with elephants. Such deaths have a devastating impact on bereaved families and cause a wide range of socioeconomic effects in this largely agricultural region." <a href="https://news.mongabay.com/2023/01/sri-lanka-seeks-lasting-solution-as-human-elephant-conflict-takes-record-toll/#:~:text=The%20death%20toll%2C%20both%20human,people%20and%20433%20elephants%20killed">https://news.mongabay.com/2023/01/sri-lanka-seeks-lasting-solution-as-human-elephant-conflict-takes-record-toll/#:~:text=The%20death%20toll%2C%20both%20human,people%20and%20433%20elephants%20killed</a>.
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@ShalikaRanathunga · 4 months ago
Imagine that: Kaluwa is doing more to promote Sri Lanka than our own tourism ministry
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@supunmaduranga3513 · 4 months ago
Most creators focus on "scams" or getting attention, but your videos are actually meaningful. They are well-organized, knowledgeable, and give a great overall idea of the place. I know this isn't easy to do. Great job and respect, brother! Wishing you a happy journey. 🇱🇰
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@avesta-57 · 4 months ago
Kalowa is a real man, you can easily tell he has a good heart ❤
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@Rest-in-peace7-x3s · 4 months ago
I think u will never forget Kaluwa and Thisa. They r the real men and real friends ❤️.
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@UnveiledDiaries · 4 months ago
Kaluwa knows English more than me. He handled the situation well. Good job Kaluwa...👍
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@Sophialatha · 4 months ago
in 1992 the first veddha student , Dambane Gunawardena , entered the university of Colombo . He completed his degree  and wrote a book about his clan and his experiences.
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@LifeExperience51 · 4 months ago
Persons like kaluwa are real human beings.  They don't have mobile phones, electricity etc. But they are happy, unselfish and caring !
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@BtwinUnW · 4 months ago
Wow , I think now I can say that you are one of the best youtubers who has visit to Sri Lanka so far. This is really good authentic content. I'm loving your series so far! I haven't seen any other tourists covering these kind of content. P.s I think the tree house was the safest place because elephants can't climb. But I don't know because I have no experience in these kind of things. Keep going Gabi and be safe!
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@testingone5707 · 4 months ago
Even local Sri Lankans can't go in to their village. Nice video
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@ZephHorner · 4 months ago
What an incredible experience Gabi! I really felt the emotions when I saw the disabled daughter lying on the bed and the wheelchair. This is definitely something that will remain with you forever ❤ beautiful tribe continuing to survive 🙏
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@SLYT-b3l · 4 months ago
anyone in Sri Lanka:hand-pink-waving:
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