Kandy Esala perahara begins today :
The most outstanding pageant in the world
Some exceptional events, festivals, pageants and
ceremonies define the inner profile of a given culture. Of phenomena
that emphatically define Sri Lankan culture, the annual pageant of
the Temple of the Sacred Tooth Relic is undoubtedly the most
outstanding. The Temple of the Tooth Relic has associated with it, a
formal religious aspect. This determines its complex of rites and
rituals, conducted scrupulously, right round the year. Over and
above that, the holiness and mystique of the Sacred Tooth Relic are
deeply entrenched in the system of folk belief in this land.
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