PORTFOLIO: Rodiya: Outcaste People of Sri Lanka

Rattan work; wig-making; drumming, both the manufacture of excellent drums for trade and the making of music itself. But begging has been their mainstay. The government now discourages it and is trying to ease the Rodiya into farming. The agriculture programs and housing programs where high-caste people worked with Rodiya on construction are making slow but actual progress.

With many thanks to the people of Sri Lanka who welcomed me as their guest,
to Picture Magazine editor Katherine Watson, and to Janis Sarles for keeping this copy of Picture magazine!

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