Churches of Colombo
A. Felician Fernando Dominating the geographical scene in the city of Colombo are these hillocks in the northern part of...
Marriage Customs
Exchanging Vows Sri Lankan Style Maureen Seneviratne The mosaic which is Sri Lankan society is nowhere more evident than when...
Staying Fit in the City
Fred Holmes Beep-beep, beep-beep...my implacable alarm clock gently but firmly penetrates the fog that envelopes my brain at 5.30am until...
The Evening Elephant Circus
Arjuna Weerasuriya The time was quarter past five in the evening. Fathers, mothers, children, grandparents, locals and foreigners alike formed...
Your Signs in the Stars
Christine Jayasinghe Star-crossed lovers in Sri Lanka are less likely to be plagued by a Montague and Capulet style family...
Bronzes from Polonnaruwa
Maureen Seneviratne Discovered by the then Archaeological Commissioner, H. C. P. Bell, in 1907 and 1908, the Polonnaruwa Bronzes of...
Vihara Maha Devi Park
It was not far back that Colombo was described by many as the Garden City of the East. Even in...
Gramodaya Folk Art Centre
Preserving Unique Traditions Ishnala Samarasinghe It is a place where artists and craftsmen can practise their skills and talents undisturbed;...
Stepping Back Through Time
Lucien Rajakarunanayake Determining the origins of the irrigation works of the ancient cities of Sri Lanka provides a constant challenge...
Triangle of Ancient Culture
Rohan Maldeniya In an undertaking which would amount to more than 1.1 billion Sri Lankan rupees when completed, the UNESCO...