Article: Spectacular cultural pageant

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The Sunday Observer
Article date:
August 9, 2009
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Colombo, Aug. 9 -- With the dawn of peace, the historic city of Kandy was once again lit up to the sounds of the whip crackers heralding the commencement of the Kandy Perahera (procession) which is one of the spectacular pageants of the world.

The pageant unfolds before the spectators from diverse parts of the globe not only the rich socio-cultural legacy of Sri Lanka with its unique Kandyan dance but also the unrivalled glory of the Sri Lankan royalty as the majestic tusker adorned with colourful costumes carries the golden casket bearing the Sacred Tooth Relic of the Buddha.

It is the history of royalty in its pristine glory with the confluence of the time that is unfolding before our ...

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