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Porowakara

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The Porowakara were a minority community of wood cutters from Sri Lanka. They were a part of the feudal land tenure system of Sri Lanka but eventually became absorbed into larger communities.

This community was classed as a sub-caste of the Govigama during the British period.

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References

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  • Ryan Bryce 1953 Caste in Modern Ceylon, Rutgers University Press
  • Ceylon Gazetteer 1855