Chena cultivation

Chena is the oldest Agriculture in [Sri Lanka|cultivation] method in Sri Lanka, it goes far back as more than 5,000 years. it the Sri [Lanka dry-zone dry evergreen forests|dry zone], the recovery of a chena plot proceeds through various stages of succession, ''
A new chena, created by setting fire to it, is called a Nawadeli Hena. Those Chenas are fertile. The term Nawadeli Sena has been mentioned i the Saddharma Rathnawaliya as well. In some parts of Sri Lanka, a different term has been given to the term Nawadeli Sea. It says the term Nawadeli Sena is used for the cultivation of the nine plants, namely finger millet, Kollu, Undu, Green Gram, Corn, Millet, Dill and Amu. The villagers in Anuradhapura had given the name Kanaththa to name the Chenas prepared for cultivation after giving it up for a short while.