Author: SilkWay

The National Kite Festival & Competition is a mega event organized by the Kite Sri Lanka Organization during the kite season each year. The event is a platform for thousands of local and foreign kite lovers to enjoy kite flying by participating in number of kite related events and competitions. The Kite Festival is a...

The Esala Perahera in Kandy is the grandest of the country’s traditional festivals. It has been stated that the Kandy Perahera is the World’s oldest recorded spiritual pageant, entailing unreserved and overwhelming devotion. It is organized by the Dalada Maligawa (Temple of the Tooth Relic) to pay homage to the Sacred Tooth Relic and the...

The Kataragama Esala Perahera is a cultural pageant and it is held in the months of July & August. The procession draws in large crowds of people, some who make unfailing visits every year- turning the sacred land into colours, rhythm and devotion. The festival finds its beginnings in the kap situweema (planting of trees),...

Poson is a significant religious festival which is celebrated by Buddhists in the month of June. Poson Poya is noteworthy to Sri Lankan Buddhists as the day on which Emperor Asoka’s son, Arahant Mahinda, introduced Buddhism to the island in the 3rd century B.C. during the reign of King Devanam Piyatissa. With this legend Mihintale...

Vesak is the main Buddhist religious festival in Sri Lanka. This Colourful festival commemorates the three most important milestones in the life of Gautama Buddha – His birth, enlightenment and passing away into Nirvana. Temples get filled with devotees and pilgrims all over the country and Buddhists worship, offer flowers, light lamps and burn incense...

The Sinhala and Hindu New Year is the only festival in the world that is based on the movement of the solar system and time. Sinhalese and Hindus celebrate the New Year on the 13th and 14th of April. It is an important national holiday for both Sinhala Buddhists and the Tamil Hindu communities of...

Cricket has always been Sri Lanka’s favourite reason for celebration The month of March speaks of a series of cricket matches, more commonly termed as ‘Big Matches’, between leading schools in Sri Lanka, which make for exhilarating experiences not to be missed. Indulge in the ‘Big Match Fever’ with overwhelmingly large parades of school supporters...

The Gangaramaya Nawam Maha Perehera should not be missed as one of the most colourful and prestigious cultural celebrations of Sri Lanka. This Perahara is held annually on the month of February. It is one Buddhist cultural pageant to bring people from our entire globe to the capital of Sri Lanka.Thousands of people witness this...

The Independence Day in Sri Lanka is celebrated annually on the 4th February. The Independence Day celebration has always been observed and regarded as a very special national event celebrated with ceremonies, military parades, flag-hoisting, pageants and many other activities. The main celebrations take place in the largest city, Colombo, where the President hoists the national flag...