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Some observers have said Veddas are disappearing and have lamented the decline of their distinct culture.

Development, government forest reserve restrictions, and the civil war have disrupted traditional Vedda ways of life.

Dr. Wiveca Stegeborn, an anthropologist, has been studying the Vedda since 1977 and alleges that their young women are being tricked into accepting contracts to the Middle East as domestic workers when in fact they will be trafficked into prostitution or sold as sex slaves.