'Silambu palaendheema', Maniccawaththe Pansala, Avissawella, Sri Lanka - Part A.

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 Students in a dancing class, learning 'Sinhala Natum' - Sinhalese dances, have a graduation ceremony. At this the anklets - 'Halamba' S, 'Silambu' T, are ceremonially tied. This is a religious ceremony. I took these pictures at such a ceremony at the Maniccawaththe Pansala, Avissawella on the 22nd March 2015.

Table decoration, Lions Club of Avissawella Sithawaka meeting, Sri Lanka.

Lily pond, off Brandigampola, Sri Lanka.

Veralu tree with flower and fruit, Avissawella, Sri Lanka.

Dried, polished carcas of a 'strangler creeper', Karawanella, Sri Lanka.

A 'strangler creeper' is a vine found in the dry zone of Sri Lanka. It will grow round the trunk of a tall tree like a Palmyra and literally squeeze the tree to death over years. An artist has painstakingly dissected it out and polished it for display as an 'Objet d art'.

Partially restored, 'Sun-roof' Morris Minor, Avissawella, Sri Lanka.

An old work-horse of the 1950s in Sri Lanka. This was extensively used by the British tea planters of Ceylon. Quite a few are still on the roads of Sri Lanka.

'Brick-house', Avissawella, Sri Lanka.