Abstract:
The ‘Vedda’ is a well-known tribal community in Sri Lanka. Veddas live in various regions in
the country with their own and unique cultural heritage. As an indigenous community, Veddas
follow their traditions and customs in different places in Sri Lanka namely; Mahiyangana
(Dammbana), Trincomalee, Batticaloa, Ratnapura and Anuradhapura. Many studies have been
undertaken by numerous researchers to explore and address the lifestyle, issues and challenges
faced by the Vedda community in Sri Lanka. However, these studies have focused
onunderstanding different issues and matters of Vedda's life through several
perspectives. Thus, this study aimed to review previous literatures and amalgamate the
different ideas on the life of Veddas in Sri Lanka. This study designed a qualitative method to
review the literature systematically. The journal article, reports, books and other relevant
literature have been used for this systematic review. Throughout the review, this article
revealed the lifestyle, livelihood, group setting, socio-cultural background, development,
challenges threatening their daily life and lifestyle changes occurred in different segments
among Veddas. This review has been documented as a source of information about Veddas
and their life-experience, social change, issues and challenges faced by the popular tribal
community in Sri Lanka. This review providesinformation and helps researchers to explore
and address further issues experienced by the Vedda community comprehensively
