Village and Rock Veddas have used flint and steel to produce fires since the end of the 19th century. My former article about Vedda fire drills explains these two different Vedda types. Village Veddas have used this fire-making procedure since…

Until the end of the 19th century, the Vedda people in Sri Lanka used fire drills as their standard fire-making method. In the literature of that time, Vedda was spelled Veddah, and Sri Lanka was called Ceylon. Current situation of…