A Religious Festival
August is a very important month. The Kandy"Perahera is held in
August. This procession is held for
days. Lots of people come to see the
perahera. It is very colourful. There are many elephants in the
perahera. They are dressed majestically
in clothes of different designs and colours.
The whip crackers announce the arrival of the perahera. They are followed by colourfumy dressed
dancers, drummers, tom-tom beaters, flag bearers and stilt walkers. The torch bearers illuminate the path of the
procession. The Kandy perahera is a
religious festival. The Buddha's tooth
relic is taken in the perahera. The
place where the tooth relic is kept is called the Dalada Maligawa The
Diyawadana Nilame'is the guardian of the Dalada Maligawa and is an important
person in the procession. The procession
of the four devalas. Vishnu, natha,
Katharagama and Pattini join the Kandy perahera. Every year the tooth relic is taken out for
the perahera. Only the Maligawa elephant
will carry the nicely decorated relic casket.
He kneels and the casket is kept on his back. Then he walks very majesticaly in the
procession. People young and old gather
in thousands to see the perahera.
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