Tag: Festival

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 ...

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

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

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

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