THE KANDY PROCESSION
Esala perahera
>The most venerated festival of Sri Lanka Buddhist is the Esala perahera .
>This is held to thank the deities for a bountiful harvest and to ask them for sufficient rain for the next crop .
> That days is very beautiful .
>The kandy Esala perahera comprises of five procession . They are " the Dalada maliga procession" , " the natha Devala procession" , " the vishnu devala procession" , " the katharagama Devala procession" and " the paththini Devala procession" .
> During these few days , the kandy town floods with people , rushed from the four corners of the country .
> The most important and venerated in this procession is the holy tooth relic
> The whole pageant is extremely colorful . It incorporates all aspects upcountry art .
> Each player of perahera takes pride in playing the part assigned to him with religious devotion .
> I am really proud born in Sri Lanka .
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