PORTFOLIO: Rodiya: Outcaste People of Sri Lanka

At top, a sign of the future: A new house in the Rodiya village of Koskote. It was built with government assistance, as part of a development plan. At left, a Rodiya woman and her child played with plumeria blossoms. Above, a high-caste man washed his bullock in the reservoir from which Rodiya in Manawa village got their drinking water before the government built them wells. – Minneapolis Tribune Picture magazine, November 6, 1977, page 26. Photos – 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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