Water cutting at Kataragama

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Deloraine Brohier rises early to participate in an ancient Hindu ritual. Suresh de Silva The entrance to Kataragama. Pilgrims wending ...

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Wijeratne Muhandiram By an interesting coincidence the month of Esala in Sri Lanka's traditional lunar Buddhist calendar is a period ...

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There was dancing, singing and garlands of coloured lamps in Colombo–the country was celebrating the Vesak festival. The garlands of ...

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A. Felician Fernando The festivals of Sri Lanka, most of them springing from a deeply religious background, are a blend ...

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Rodney Jonklas Although we are as tropical as can be, the spirit of Christmas begins to manifest itself even before ...

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Florence Ratwatte Saluting an elder with a sheaf of betel. (Suresh de Silva) We prepare for this springtime revelry rather ...

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

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Renuka JeyaRaj If the streets were lined with snow and the children playing with snow men a westerner would feel ...

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