Tag: Tradition

Photographs: Gamini Jayasinghe Embekke is the name of a village in Sri Lanka that is virtually synonymous with wood carving. ...

Maureen Seneviratne The art of puppetry in Sri Lanka has a long tradition. The mechanics of the art were known ...

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

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

Lucien Rajakarunanayake The blurbs and brochures speak much of the ancient cities of Sri Lanka. A visitor to the island's ...

Renuka Jeyaraj The Elegance and exquisiteness of her handicrafts has earned Sri Lanka the reputation for fine craftsmanship. This skill ...

Swarnamali Seneviratne Aerial view of Sigiriya rock. with the ruins of the palace. Photo: Fred R Malvenna Of all the ...

Theja Weeratne A smaller dagaba inside the large stupa at Kalutara. If you travel South on the Galle Road passing ...

By Logan Beardsley The Dutch Fort at Negombo which was later used by the British as a jail. Little did ...

Wijeratne Muhandiram The main Kandy Perahera comprises five separate Peraheras from the Dalada Maliga­wa, the Natha Devale, Maha Vishnu Devale, ...