Vedda First Nation Lights the 8th Fire in Sri Lanka

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Hereditary Chief Uruvarige VannIlaththo of the Vedda First Nation, the original people of Sri Lanka, facilitated the lighting of the 8th Fire in their ancient way on December 9, 2023.

A white-bearded elder in glasses, bare-chested with a pink cloth over one shoulder and a wooden staff, speaks with open hands beneath a green forest canopy.