Panna caste
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Panna caste is a minority community of grass cutters from Sri Lanka
's past, connected to the Patti caste
, the caste of herdsmen
in the Sri Lankan caste system
.
It has been absorbed into larger communities and is virtually non-existent now. They were a part of the feudal land tenure
system of Sri Lanka's past.
Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka, officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka is a country off the southern coast of the Indian subcontinent. Known until 1972 as Ceylon , Sri Lanka is an island surrounded by the Indian Ocean, the Gulf of Mannar and the Palk Strait, and lies in the vicinity of India and the...
's past, connected to the Patti caste
Patti caste
Patti is a traditional caste of Herdsmen from Sri Lanka’s feudal past. They were a part of the feudal land tenure system and a sub-caste of the Govigama caste. Found in the highlands and the maritime provinces but now mostly merged into the Govigama caste....
, the caste of herdsmen
Herding
Herding is the act of bringing individual animals together into a group , maintaining the group and moving the group from place to place—or any combination of those. While the layperson uses the term "herding", most individuals involved in the process term it mustering, "working stock" or...
in the Sri Lankan caste system
Caste system in Sri Lanka
The Caste system in Sri Lanka is a division of society into strata, differing somewhat from the classic Varnas of North India but is similar in nature to the Jāti system found in South India...
.
It has been absorbed into larger communities and is virtually non-existent now. They were a part of the feudal land tenure
Land tenure
Land tenure is the name given, particularly in common law systems, to the legal regime in which land is owned by an individual, who is said to "hold" the land . The sovereign monarch, known as The Crown, held land in its own right. All private owners are either its tenants or sub-tenants...
system of Sri Lanka's past.