Hambantota is a deeply traditional, primarily agricultural and fishing district in the Southern Province. The social fabric here is conservative, tightly knit, and community-oriented. Everyone knows everyone, and clandestine social networks operate very differently here than in the capital.
“Badu” in Sinhala loosely translates to goods or merchandise . The Badu Numbers were a traditional numerical code used predominantly by salt merchants, dried fish vendors, and vegetable traders in the Southern Province, particularly in the arid zones of Hambantota. badu numbers hambantota