Tag: Tradition

The unique elephant lamp found at the site of the short dagaba. A hamlet in the mid country, 65km from ...

A mythical bird one of the carvings at Embekke temple. During the Kandyan era of our country's history, old traditions ...

Royston Ellis takes a look at the Maldives. Photos: Neel Jayantha When the jet circles over the islands of the ...

The Na tree has dense, evergreen foliage. In February 1986, a tree and a flower were chosen to add to ...

If you thought tea is an old fashioned drink, think again. A worldwide campaign is underway to wean the youngr ...

Ola pre-dates paper in Sri Lanka Florence Ratwatte There is no record of when conventional wood-pulp paper made its appearance ...

Returning on a visit to the land of his birth after a decade of practising surgery in "the sterile, impersonal ...

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 ...

Iris Manampery Masked dancers join with gay abandon. On the way down from Colombo to Galle is the village of ...