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Castes like Vahumpura, Saliya, and Ambalakara were considered the lowest in the traditional hierarchy, and their roles were tied to cleaning, servitude, and manual labor. Marriage Pattern: Members of these castes generally married within their own caste due to the strict rules of social hierarchy. Marriages outside these castes were rare and ...
As the mainstream Sinhalese speakers claim North Indian ethnic origins, the presence of many South Indian-type social groups like the Kinnaraya indicate a complex migration history from India to Sri Lanka.
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Sri Lankan Vellalar (Tamil: இலங்கை வெள்ளாளர், lit. 'Ilaṅkai veḷḷāḷar') is a caste in Sri Lanka, predominantly found in the Jaffna peninsula and adjacent Vanni region, who comprise about half of the Sri Lankan Tamil population.
The southwestern coast had three other castes (the Salagama, the Durava and the Karava) in addition to the majority Govigama, which was common throughout the region. Some of these castes' ancestors are believed to have migrated from Southern India and have become important in the Sinhalese social system.