Tag: Tradition

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 ...

Blend of Indigenous Medical Practices and Modern Science Ishnala Samarasinghe Ayurvedic medicine, that ancient and revered science of healing the ...

Christine Jayasinge. Photographs: Suresh de Silva. Who was the British soldier (circa 1815) whose braided and frogged felt coat, tails, ...

The distinctive idiom of traditional Sri I.ankan culture is dance and music. In their various configurations, dance and music are ...

Chitra Ranawake The crack of a whip cuts across the stillness of the Kandy Lake. It is followed by the ...

Maureen Seneviratne I can see it to this day, that radiant panorama that wilderness of rich color that incomparable dissolving ...

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

Preserving Unique Traditions Ishnala Samarasinghe It is a place where artists and craftsmen can practise their skills and talents undisturbed; ...