Tag: Festival

From The Christmas Book by Clement Moore, 1900 reflects that Christmas has brought much merriment to children. In Sri Lanka’s ...

Deepavali, the ‘Festival of Lights’ illuminates households and surroundings by bringing the joy of the festive mode. It is a ...

The Dalada Perahera, as it was originally called, commemorates the time the Buddha’s sacred tooth relic was first brought to ...

Words Tatiyana Welikala and Swetha Ratnajothi. | Photographs Menaka Aravinda. During the week of Thai Pongal, the streets of Pettah ...

Commemorating Lord Buddha’s teachings on the path to enlightenment, vibrant Vesak celebrations light up Colombo.

With Maha Shivarathri just round the corner, plan a trip to a Shiva temple to accrue divine blessings and experience ...

Sitting or standing on either side of the street people scurried to get closer as the drums and the dancing ...

Maureen Seneviratne reflects on the celebration 485 years ago Christmas in Sri Lanka, as well as having its deep, religious ...

Carol Aloysious For children, the festival is a time for lighting crackers. Religious festivals are the most popular, the most ...

Details of the grand parade By Kalpana Isaac. Photos: Suresh de Silva For two weeks at the end of July ...