Passion Play at Pitipana.

"In Sri Lanka too we have a popular form of drama on the death and resurrection of Christ known in Sinhala as "Pasku", performed on Good Friday in some Catholic churches along the Western coastal. The history of passion shows go back to the Portuguese period. The Pitipana Passion Play was performed once in three years when the outstanding statue of Christ was taken for the passion show at St. Peter’s Church, Negombo. It was enacted with traditional sermons, Pasan and Lathoni in the permanent Pasku shed in front of the church". - W. T. A. Leslie Fernando. The Island.
THE CHURCH OF MOTHER OF PURIFICATION, PITIPANA, NEGOMBO

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"In Sri Lanka too we have a popular form of drama on the death and resurrection of Christ known in Sinhala as "Pasku", performed on Good Friday in some Catholic churches along the Western coastal. The history of passion shows go back to the Portuguese period. The Pitipana Passion Play was performed once in three years when the outstanding statue of Christ was taken for the passion show at St. Peter’s Church, Negombo. It was enacted with traditional sermons, Pasan and Lathoni in the permanent Pasku shed in front of the church". - W. T. A. Leslie Fernando. The Island.<br />
THE CHURCH OF MOTHER OF PURIFICATION, PITIPANA, NEGOMBO