Rodiya
 A Rodi family in the 1900s | |
| Total population | |
|---|---|
| Unknown | |
| Languages | |
| Rodiya language | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Vedda and Kinnaraya |
Rodi or Rodiya are one of the widely reported untouchable social group or caste amongst the Sinhalese people of Sri Lanka. Their status was very similar to all the Untouchable castes of India with segregated communities, ritualised begging, eating off the refuse of upper castes and refusal for the women and men to cover their upper bodies.[1]
See also
References
- ↑ Careem, Tuan M. Zameer.(2017). Persaudaraan (Brotherhood). Malay Life in Sri Lanka (2nd ed). Colombo: S Godage & Brothers
Further reading
- Ratnavalli’s Children, Myth and Mystery of the Rodi by Richard Boyle
- Handsome Beggars, The Rodiyas of Ceylon. 1957 by M.D. Raghavan
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