Photographs: Gamini Jayasinghe Embekke is the name of a village in Sri Lanka that is virtually synonymous with wood carving....

Shirani Rajapakse A cool relaxed walk in the daytime is certainly not all that tempting, specially with the ever present...

Wijeratne Muhandiram It was the time when top hat and tails were in fashion in Ceylon. When there were no...

B C Perera Thai and African jungles, Burmese villages, Indian kingdoms, montane tea plantations, and the depths of the Great...

Maureen Seneviratne The art of puppetry in Sri Lanka has a long tradition. The mechanics of the art were known...

Maureen Seneviratne " ... Lanka was known to the Conqueror as a place where his doctrine should shine in glory...

Lasanda Kurukulasooriya Has it ever struck you that there may be places of interest to the traveller that many a...

I wonder what the winners buy - One half as precious as the stuff they sell'. One wonders too, with...

Pinnawela is a quiet little village in typical countryside lying by the side of the river Maha Oya which never...

Theja Weeratne From the svelte mannequin on the catwalk, to the buxom country wench in the village, Batiks are very...