Sri Lanka has many festivals and religious ceremonies held throughout the year. Thanks to its diversity of religions, Sri Lanka offers at least one festival each month as Buddhists, Hindus, Christians and Muslims celebrate both religious and national occasion. We have listed some of the more significant and colourful events below, so that the next time you visit Sri Lanka you could take part in one of them.
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Sinhalese Buddhists and Tamil Hindus in Sri Lanka both celebrate Aluth Avurudda - their mutual New Year. The festival coincides with the end of harvest, so the bounty from colourful fruit…
Vesak is the main Buddhist religious festival in Sri Lanka. During this time, people celebrate the triple anniversary of Lord Buddha - his birth, his attaining of Enlightenment and his passing away into Nirvana…
Walk the World is a global event hosted to raise awareness about child hunger. In Sri Lanka this year participants board "The Hunger Train" at Colombo's Fort Station and travel north to…
