Sri Lanka Kaffirs
The Sri Lankan Kaffirs (cafrinhas in Portuguese, කාපිරි kāpiriyō in Sinhala, and காப்பிலி kāpili in Tamil) are an ethnic group in Sri Lanka who are partially descended from 16th century Portuguese traders and Bantu slaves who were brought by them to work as labourers and soldiers to fight against the Sinhala Kings. They are very similar to the Zanj-descended populations in Iraq and Kuwait, and are known in Pakistan as Sheedis and in India as Siddis. The Kaffirs spoke a distinctive creole based on Portuguese, and the "Sri Lankan Kaffir language" (now extinct). Their cultural heritage includes the dance styles Kaffringna and Manja and their popular form of dance music Baila.
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Sri Lanka Kaffirs
The Sri Lankan Kaffirs (cafrinhas in Portuguese, කාපිරි kāpiriyō in Sinhala, and காப்பிலி kāpili in Tamil) are an ethnic group in Sri Lanka who are partially descended from 16th century Portuguese traders and Bantu slaves who were brought by them to work as labourers and soldiers to fight against the Sinhala Kings. They are very similar to the Zanj-descended populations in Iraq and Kuwait, and are known in Pakistan as Sheedis and in India as Siddis. The Kaffirs spoke a distinctive creole based on Portuguese, and the "Sri Lankan Kaffir language" (now extinct). Their cultural heritage includes the dance styles Kaffringna and Manja and their popular form of dance music Baila.
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斯里蘭卡卡菲爾,是16世紀被葡萄牙商人帶到斯里蘭卡的黑奴,與在印度一樣稱希狄。卡菲爾人講一個以葡萄牙語為根本獨特的克里奧爾語,現在已經滅絕,多数改操僧伽羅語。
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The Sri Lankan Kaffirs (cafrin ...... lar form of dance music Baila.
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斯里蘭卡卡菲爾,是16世紀被葡萄牙商人帶到斯里蘭卡的黑奴,與在印度一樣稱希狄。卡菲爾人講一個以葡萄牙語為根本獨特的克里奧爾語,現在已經滅絕,多数改操僧伽羅語。
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斯里蘭卡卡菲爾
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