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Every year since 300 AD, during the Buddhist
month of Esala, (August) a magnificent pageant takes over Kandy,
the hill capital of Sri Lanka (110 km from Colombo). Kandy is
the home to the Temple of Tooth Relic of the Lord Buddha.
The procession includes fire-juggling acrobats,
sumptuously decorated elephants, traditional dancers,
oboe-tooting musicians, banners, palanquins, whip crackers,
torch bearers and thousands of barefoot pilgrims and swordsmen.
On the back of the largest elephant is the most treasured item
in the procession, a copy of a golden reliquary holding the
tooth of the Lord Buddha.
This year the Kandy Esala Perahera will be held from 10th to
25th August.
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Date |
Event |
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2010-08-10 |
Kapsituvima
(Planting of the ‘Kapa’) |
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8-10 to 8-14 |
Perahera of the Four Devalas |
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2010-08-15 |
1st Kumbal Perahera |
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2010-08-16 |
2nd Kumbal Perahera |
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2010-08-17 |
3rd Kumbal Perahera |
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2010-08-18 |
4th Kumbal Perahera |
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2010-08-19 |
5th Kumbal Perahera |
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2010-08-20 |
1st Randoli Perahera |
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2010-08-21 |
2nd Randoli Perahera |
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2010-08-22 |
3rd Randoli Perahera |
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2010-08-23 |
4th Randoli Perahera |
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2010-08-24 |
5th Randoli Perahera |
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2010-08-25 |
Day Perahera |
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