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Sunday Essay by Ajith Samaranayake

Today the suburban perahera is a worship of the Mammon of the Big Cities with loudspeakers blaring forth the bounty and benevolence of this or that mudalali who had sponsored this or that dance or gifted the costume to this or that caparisoned elephant. The whole is orchestrated by the chief monk of the temple who is more than willing to play high priests at this mercantile ritual for the greater glorification of course, of his own temple.
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