2024
INDEPENDENCE DAY
Traditional Festival Folklore and Fair
This national holiday celebrates the independence achieved on February 4, ...Read more
2024
COLOMBO AADI VEL
Religious festival
Statues of Murugan, the Hindu warrior god, and his two wives are placed on ...Read more
Colombo
2024
ALUTH AVURUDU – PUTHANDU
Traditional Festival Folklore and Fair
The Sinhala New Year, Aluth Avurudu, also coincides with the Tamil New ...Read more
2024
MADIN POYA
Religious festival
The faithful go to the temples to listen to the teachings of Buddha, ...Read more
2024
POSON POYA
Religious festival
This festival commemorates the arrival of Mahinda, son of the emperor ...Read more
Mihintale
2024
VESAK POYA
Religious festival
This festival celebrates three events in Buddha's life: his birth, his ...Read more
2024
KATARAGAMA PADA YATRA
Religious festival
Hindu processions with processions of elephants, dancers and musicians in a ...Read more
Kataragama
NEW YEAR (NOUVEL AN CHRÉTIEN)
Traditional Festival Folklore and Fair
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The New Year, or New Year's Day, is celebrated by the Catholic community ...Read more