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Padda Boats on the Negombo Canal, Ceylon
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  • People & Lifestyle
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Padda Boats on the Negombo Canal, Ceylon

Padda Boats on the Negombo Canal Old Dutch Canal. The…

1900’s Devil Dancers Ceylon
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  • Entertainment & Leisure
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  • Traditional & Cultural Rituals

1900’s Devil Dancers Ceylon

Group of Sri Lankan Traditional Dancers in 1900s

Elephant Cart, Ceylon
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  • Drawings & Manuscripts
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Elephant Cart, Ceylon

Route between Colombo and Kandy

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A tour of Ceylon (Sri Lanka) in 1932

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vIlI5fhZsxQ v.1 (more…)

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Ceylon & Asia 1940 Video

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Rare and old footage of Colombo, Sri Lanka.

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5wnlmS3orRE v.3 (more…)

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Song Of Ceylon (1934)

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LWlxvC-eb-g v.6 Song Of Ceylon - Primitive life in Sri…

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Charming Ceylon 1931 – Sri Lanka

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ptn8Jt5u4g8 v.2 A video tour of the island of Ceylon…

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Kandy, Botanical Garden, Road to Ratnapura 1955

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Nuwara Eliya (tea country) Kandy in 1955

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Negombo, Colombo, Chilaw 1955 Video

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Kandy 1955 Rare Video Footage

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