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Sri Lanka's oldest woman dies at 116

Sri Lanka's oldest living woman who broke her father's record of 110 years, died on Thursday at a village in southern Galle district at the age of 116, the official Daily News said on Feb. 6.

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Sri Lanka's oldest living woman who broke her father's record of 110 years, died on Feb. 5 at a village in southern Galle district at the age of 116, the official Daily News said on Feb. 6..

The women named O. T. Engonona died after a brief illness in her hut and her funeral will take place on Friday evening at her village.

Engonona, born in 1888, had been a vegetarian throughout her life.

At the age of 18, she married one of her cousins by way of a love affair, a rare experience for a woman at the time when women were seldom seen in public.

Engonona received primary school education but left school at the age of 10 after a row with her teacher where she claimed she was wrongly punished.

She then engaged herself in the traditional family vocation, rope making.

She has two sons married and living outside the village. Her three daughters are unmarried and they looked after her.

Her husband died at the age of 61. Her eldest daughter is 79.

Source: Xinhua

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