A 'Whip-cracker' in action in a 'Katina Perahera', Avissawella, Sri Lanka.

At the end of the 'Vas' period (rainy season), Buddhist monks come out of their retreat. A robe is stitched by the 'Dayakayas' (devotees), taken in a "perahara' (procession) and is ceremonially handed over to the Head Priest. These are pictures from the 'Perahera'.

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Band and Bag-pipe musicians at a wedding reception in Avissawella, Sri Lanka.

At a wedding in Seethawake, Avissawella, Sri Lanka.

Along Galle Road, Panadure, Sri Lanka.

Unguarded railway crossing on the Kelany Valley Railway line at Aeswaththe, Puwakpitiya, Sri Lanka.

Hikkaduwa Beach Hotel, Hikkaduwa, Sri Lanka.

Hikkaduwa beach, Sri Lanka.

An earthslip near 'Aendha Dola', road to Punugala, Yatiyanthota, Sri Lanka.

House by the road, Punugala, Sri Lanka.

Punugala, off Yatiyanthota, Sri Lanka.

Scenes at Punugala from Yatiyanthota, Sri Lanka

On the road to Punugala from Yatiyanthota, Sri Lanka.

On the road to Punugala from Yaiyanthota, Sri Lanka.