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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.〔http://www.sundayobserver.lk/2009/07/26/mag05.asp〕 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 Lanka Kaffir language (now extinct). Their cultural heritage includes the dance styles Kaffringna and Manja and their popular form of dance music Baila.
==Etymology==
The word ''Kaffir'' is an obsolete English term once used to designate natives from the African Great Lakes and Southern Africa coasts. In South Africa, it became a slur. "Kaffir" derives in turn from the Arabic ''kafir'', "unbeliever".
It is not clear whether the Portuguese name ''cafrinha'' was derived from English "Kaffir" after the British took over Sri Lanka, or came directly from the Arabic ''kafir'' in the 16th century, when the Portuguese were buying slaves from the Arab traders. During the 16th century, the Portuguese did indeed call the peoples of Southern Africa "Cafres" - "cafrinha" is a diminutive of "Cafre".
Today, Kaffirs are Sri Lankan citizen, and do not consider it a racist slur.
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