Paddy field at Eheliyagoda, Sri Lanka.

Buffalos working a paddy field, Eheliyagoda, Sri Lanka.

Buffalo's at work in a paddy field

Most of the work on the paddy fields in the south of Sri Lanka were worked by Buffalos. I took these pictures at Eheliyagoda, Sri Lanka.

'Pirith Mandapaya' and Kandyan Drummers at the Pirith ceremony, Eheliyagoda, Sri Lanka.

I went to this Pirith ceremony at the home of the Balawardene's and had a field day taking colorful photographs. Please click on the web-links below to see snippets of videos of the beginning of the ceremony:-
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1XuFP-TEuuw
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RYS2Q_5Fzqw
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tEVc59A7-Ls

Paddy fields ready for sowing, Eheliyagoda, Sri Lanka.

Paddy fields need a lot of water for the plants to grow. Small earthen bunds of mud are built in these fields from centuries past. The bunds keep the necessary water at the proper level and the excess water flows to the next field. I saw this scene at Eheliyagoda, before the sowing of paddy. The Egrets find plenty of earthworms to feed on, in the paddy fields.