Tag: Tradition

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 ...

Swarnamali Seneviratne A happy blend of antiquity and richly textured artistic splendour cloaks the entire vicinity where the historic Dambulla ...

Lasanda Kurukulasuriya It should come as no surprise that the item most sought after by tourists shopping in Sri Lanka ...

Renuka Jeya Raj Of all the many mediums through which the versatile craftsmen of yore sought to express themselves, sculpture ...

On the 13th June 1820 one of the most famous auction sales ever to be held in London took place ...