PORTFOLIO: Rodiya: Outcaste People of Sri Lanka

Rodiya children played among the many trunks of a single banyan tree in Waduressa. The first school in any Rodiya village was held under this tree while a government work camp finished the school building. A Rodiya village, like those of other Sri Lankan people in the highlands, is very spread out, with houses, fields, trees, and patches of jungle intermingled, so this could be called a village scene. From Minneapolis Tribune Picture Magazine, November 6, 1977, page 22. Photo © Clara NiiSka.

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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