HE BUDDHIST FLAG bearers, whip-crackers, flaming acrobats, traditional dancers, and several elephants groove to traditional Sinhalese music a few metres ahead of me. I am in Kandy for the famous Esala Perahera, one of the oldest and most extraordinary festivals in the world. Legend has it that during the reign of King Kithsirimewan in 310 AD, Princess Hemamala and Prince Dantha brought the tooth relic believed to be the blessed left canine tooth of Lord Buddha to
FESTIVAL OF THE TOOTH
Oct 20, 2022
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