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“VEDDAS WANDER” – by Des Kelly This is an extremely interesting true story about these VEDDAS who have existed in Sri Lanka since time began, and who would ever know if these Veddas would have been able to weather the storms of life, whether good or bad, happy or sad, if they did not wander in search of food. ?? In case you are wondering about the wonder of it all, let us thank Victor Melder, Charles Schokman, Zinara Rathnayake, B.B.C. Travel, and last, but by no means least, because he is a wonderful VEDDAS WANDERER himself, with a name that no-one should ever forget— Gunabandilaaththo, who was never blessed with a Surname, thank God, which permits me to hand this story over to all our members and readers of eLanka saying “GO, GUNABANDILAATHTHO, LET’S GO”.           Desmond Kelly. (Editor-in-Chief) e’Lanka. Sri Lanka’s last indigenous people ...