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May Day’s invisible worker
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Story and pix by Indika Handuwala, Amila Gamage, M.A.Pushpa Kumara, Nissanka Meegoda and Sarath Siriwardene
May Day, a dedicated holiday for the worker, did not deter some wage-earners from their daily chores, in order to earn a living.
Whilst speakers at the different rallies shouted out hoarsely about workers and their rights, it was business as usual for them.
Images show how they had to do their work to facilitate others to speak about their rights.
A mixed bag of people, from ice-cream and cold water sellers to three-wheeler operators and the occasional beggar, among others, were also present at the May Day activities but they were not there to celebrate but instead operated under the scorching heat to sell their wares and make it back home at the very earliest.
And as dusk fell these individuals were almost forgotten as the politicians and other affluent persons made their way back to their homes in their luxury vehicles, satisfied that all had ended well but perhaps they will perhaps remember the worker at the next May Day.
 Invisible: A dedicated wage-earner on the sidelines of the May Day rallies |  Working: Ice-cream and cold water sellers (above and below) operate under the scorching heat |
 May Day activities: Celebrating workers or politicians? |  A mini-break: No holiday for three-wheeler operators |
 Not here to celebrate: Individual sellers dotted the outskirts of the day's events as the rallies made their way through the streets |  Business as usual: Sanitation workers clean up after the rallies |