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Article: Sidewalk Serendipity: Cultural Diversity in Sri Lanka's Old Colombo.
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- The World and I
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- June 1, 2004
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Dave Bartruff is an award-winning photojournalist who has traveled to more than eighty countries. Based in California, he has been a contributor to The World & I since 1987.
An exploration of old Colombo, Sri Lanka's capital and historic seaport, reveals a fascinating diversity of peoples and cultures. The history of the tear-shaped island dates to the sixth century b.c. Once known as Ceylon, it lies off the southeastern tip of India and was aptly named "Seren-dib," or "Island of Jewels," by Arab mariners and traders who began to visit around a.d. 700, after some of them found loose gemstones on the sandy shores as they beached their crafts. Their unexpected ...