Maureen Seneviratne Torch spinners like this lead the way at the Kandy Perahera. Photo: Gamini Jayasinghe  The Kandyan dancer from...

Kalpana Isaac Historically masks were used in rituals to exorcise villagers' fears and illnesses. Even today, patients who require psychiatric...

D F Shopper I had never heard that Colombo had much of a reputation for duty-free shopping; instead, Sri Lanka represented...

Maureen Seneviratne A tourist once proudly claimed that he had received a letter from home in Europe merely addressed to...

Anne Outwater People have been diving in Sri Lanka since at least 1864, when Eugene De Ransonnet, the Viennese painter...

Hikkaduwa has long been a haven for holiday­ makers irresistably drawn from all over the world to the warmth and...

More than half a century ago a 9-year-o/d boy came· with his family to settle in a village in Sri...

Virginia Diehl Wondering what you can take back home-either as a gift for family and friends or for yourself-that is...

Rodney Jonklaas No one who has visited Sri Lanka can forget our rice and curry. Rice is the staple; curries...

Some call them stereotyped, to others they have a rustic appeal. Critics notwithstanding, Dumbara mats have of late rustled their...