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Traditions
Avurudu: The Sri Lankan New Year and the Hours Between Years
Every April, the entire island stops for a festival timed to the minute by astrologers - including a strange, beautiful interva...
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Traditions
The Masks of Ambalangoda: Demons, Healing and Satire
On Sri Lanka's southern coast, carvers have been shaping kaduru wood into fanged demons, bulging-eyed disease spirits and sharp...
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The Kandyan Dance: A Living Tradition
Kandyan dance is one of the most refined classical dance forms of South Asia, combining acrobatic vigour, rhythmic precision, a...
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