A Group of low country noblemen Ceylon
A Group of low country noblemen Ceylon c.1920-40s #IMG776
Native Sinhalese Toddy collector
Native Sinhalese Toddy collector #IMG775
Toddy (Raa) is the sap of palm trees used as a beverage. To collect palm sap, the flower bud is cut at the tip before it blossoms and a pot (clay pot) is hung to collect the sap. This tradition method of collecting Toddy is slowly becoming a rare scene. Read more…
Sinhalese man (Low-Country) Sri Lanka c.1920-30
Native Low-Country Sinhalese man Sri Lanka c.1920-30 #IMG772
Sinhalese mat makers near Kandy 1880
Sinhalese mat makers near Kandy 1880 by Skeen #IMG767
A Group of Indian Tamil Girls c.1880
A Group of Indian Tamil Girls in Sri Lanka c.1880 #IMG753
Tom Tom (drums) beating in Sinhalese new year
Playing rabana Aluth Avurudhu season #IMG752
