Tag: Tradition

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 ...

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 ...

A Felician Fernando A sense of religion, if not its practice, pervades many great cities of the world. The outward ...

Wijeratne Muhandiram A typical cluster of Vesak lanterns made of paper and bamboo swing in the breeze The crowds gather ...

Theja Weeratne A gem by definition is a mineral worn for personal adornment. In ancient times supernatural properties were often ...

Lucien Rajakarunanayake Ceylon from whatever direction it is approached, unfolds a scene of loveliness and grandeur unsurpassed, if it be ...

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

Maureen Seneviratne By rising to greet him from afarShe circumvents their sitting on one seat; by the pretext of fixing ...