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Traditions of Dance and Music

Traditions of Dance and Music

The distinctive idiom of traditional Sri I.ankan culture is dance and music. In their various configurations, dance and music are ...

The Resthouse Alternative

The Resthouse Alternative

Maureen Seneviratne Resthouse from the Dutch Resthuys: the meaning and significance of which needs no elaboration in any language. But ...

Village Vignettes

Village Vignettes

Maureen Seneviratne I can see it to this day, that radiant panorama that wilderness of rich color that incomparable dissolving ...

Spotlight

Spotlight

The sixth successive Dress Designer of the Year contest, which has by now become a regular and keenly awaited event ...

Tropical Nomads of Bygone Days

Tropical Nomads of Bygone Days

Dinali Fernando Gypsies – those colorfully dressed, rootless people perpetually traversing the country in small bands, accompanied by their laden ...

Marriage Customs

Marriage Customs

Exchanging Vows Sri Lankan Style Maureen Seneviratne The mosaic which is Sri Lankan society is nowhere more evident than when ...

The Evening Elephant Circus

The Evening Elephant Circus

Arjuna Weerasuriya The time was quarter past five in the evening. Fathers, mothers, children, grandparents, locals and foreigners alike formed ...

Gramodaya Folk Art Centre

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

Stepping Back Through Time

Lucien Rajakarunanayake Determining the origins of the irrigation works of the ancient cities of Sri Lanka provides a constant challenge ...

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