One of Sri Lanka’s major national pageants, the Kataragama Esela Poya Perahera, concluded yesterday. Due to the COVID pandemic, the perahera was restricted to participants and Devale officials with the public not allowed. The traditional water-cutting ceremony was held yesterday morning and it resembled a mini version of India’s Kumba Mela that became a super [...]

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One of Sri Lanka’s major national pageants, the Kataragama Esela Poya Perahera, concluded yesterday. Due to the COVID pandemic, the perahera was restricted to participants and Devale officials with the public not allowed. The traditional water-cutting ceremony was held yesterday morning and it resembled a mini version of India’s Kumba Mela that became a super spreader of the pandemic in that country. Pic K.D. Dewapriya

 

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