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Message: <blockquote data-quote="tharinda07" data-source="post: 3013723" data-attributes="member: 21844">The origin of “Yakkha” tribe was from “Persia”. They have migrated from “Persia” in ancient days, as the same way “Arians” arrived from “Western Asia/Europe” to “North India”; and “Tamils” were migrated from “North Africa” to “South India”. Therefore do not think Yakkha as the native people in our country. Before these foreigners (Arians, Tamils & Yakkha) migrated to our region (We can call now SAARC region), the native people were living here in our region. In Sri Lanka “Deva” Tribe were the native people. “Sumana Saman Devi” is one of them…We do not have enough facts to promote “Yakkha” as natives of our land. Even they were foreigners to the region & the country, they(Yakkha) were become a part of Sinhalese from the days of Pandukabaya (Panduaba).Before these foreigners (Arians, Tamils & Yakkha) come to the region, we had unique “Chinthanaya” in our region. That means; from “Bengal of India” to “Point Devundara of Sri Lanka”, we had a similar type of culture with some small changes related to the area. Even after the arrival of foreigners to the region, they have taken sometime to spread their cultures. It has taken many centuries to spread their cultures in the region.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vedic_period" target="_blank">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vedic_period</a>Cultures of eastern part of India have not changed as much as it has happened in North & North-West of India. We can categorize the Eastern Indian culture as “Half Vedic” or “Arda Vaidika”. That is the culture of our Lord Buddha. Also Prince Vijaya & “Sinha Tribe (Sinha Vanshaya)” were from same culture.As per our reading, Arians or Tamils were unable to spread their cultures here in Sri Lankan land; because there were no historical records about their arrival here in those days. Therefore mainly our culture is similar or close to the culture of “Half Vedic”. That may be the reason of Sinhalese liked Buddhism so much. That proves by our practice of Buddhism around 2300 years. But even though Yakkha were Sinhalese, they had problems with Buddhism because their original culture is somewhat different than others here. They have taken long time to become Sinhala-Buddhists. Also there was an initial resistance to the Buddhism by Yakkha.I guess, people like Mr.Anothony are trying to use actions of Yakkha tribe against our Sinhala-Buddhist culture.indika</blockquote>

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