Sunday, January 22, 2012

Saturday, January 21, 2012

Wednesday, January 18, 2012

'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

'White-throated Kingfisher', Avissawella, Sri Lanka.

One of the commonest and most flamboyant birds in Sri Lanka, the 'White-throated Kingfisher' - Halcyon smernencis - rarely fishes. It survives by eating bees, dragon-flies, lizards etc. It has a loud cry.