Life with the Axe: Sri Lanka’s Last Vedda Tribe #pickdocu

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  @abcdefghi9 · 11 months ago

  i work in an office building with some of these people

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• ST

  @stuartbailey6201 · 8 months ago

  They have a blessed Life . I hope they endure forever.

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  @Asoka2025 · 11 months ago

  I don’t think this group of people actually live in caves as described here. This is more of a dramatized documentary. Most of them speak Sinhala, though they also try to use their own language. Still, it’s interesting to learn how their ancestors lived in harmony with nature and preserved their culture.

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  @amkerom · 9 months ago

  I noticed that most man have short hair and it looks like shaved using electric razor, it's nice and trimmed well, and also their beard is well shaved

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• MA

  @mahbubarTalukdar · 10 months ago

  There are tribes with similar or almost similar name in Bangladesh (Bede) and south India with similar physical appearance and color. It is possible in ancient time people moved south (no place to move to north) in places like Sri Lanka, Australia etc.

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• AT

  @ataguala · 11 months ago

  What nonsense: they are not eating insect eggs! They were eating pupae!

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• AL

  @AlKevinReyRamirez · 10 months ago

  clearly it was staged 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

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• ST

  @stephensutherland3622 · 11 months ago

  Their joy is real!

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• TR

  @TribalTimes-p7d · 10 months ago

  It’s wild how much ancient knowledge modern society has forgotten.<br>I’ve been researching similar real-world tribal mysteries — the deeper I dig, the crazier it gets.

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  @zirlianamatthew4598 · 1 month ago

  Thank you ❤🎉

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  @DimuthPerera-q3i · 11 months ago

  Few years ago leader of the tribe went to UK and airline allowed to let him take his axe in the flight as a respect to their customs...

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  @QubitTrip · 8 months ago

  The linguistic connection between the Proto-Saharan origins and the Dravidian language family reveals a fascinating web of ancient global migrations. Central to this connection is agglutination, a grammatical process where suffixes are attached to a root word to change its meaning without altering the root itself. This &quot;modular&quot; structure is the DNA that links Dravidian languages with Sumerian, certain African languages, and even Australian Aboriginal languages. The presence of shared retroflex sounds (like the distinct &apos;L&apos; and &apos;N&apos; sounds in Malayalam and Tamil) and structural logic suggests that these geographically distant cultures may share a prehistoric ancestor or a period of intense cultural exchange thousands of years ago. <br> <br>Today, the Dravidian language family is a diverse yet unified structure, categorized into South, South-Central, Central, and North groups. From the ancient literary traditions of Tamil and Malayalam in the south to the isolated Brahui speakers in the mountains of Pakistan and Afghanistan, this family represents one of the world&apos;s most resilient linguistic lineages. Its global footprint is equally impressive; driven by trade and migration, Dravidian languages are now vibrant living tongues in Singapore, Malaysia, the Middle East, and beyond. This widespread presence ensures that the ancient agglutinative logic born in the cradle of civilization continues to thrive in the modern digital era.

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