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  • A Kandyan dancer in his costume.
    SRI LANKA_Kandy_5944667.jpg
  • Dressed as a Rajasthani woman, child in fancy dress costume.
    India. Child in Rajasthani costume.jpg
  • Kandyan costume.
    Kandyan Costume.jpg
  • SRI LANKA...Udappuwa festival. Participants in a procession that will leave from the Kali kovil in the north of the village and proceed to the Vishnu Kovil in the centre of this coastal village. Here they pose in costume at the Kali Kovil where they get into costume and do their make up.
    Sri Lanka_Udappu_Festival__5892589.jpg
  • Dancer at Kandy Perahera in Ves costume.
    Sri Lanka_Kandyan_dancer_8591732 AP.jpg
  • Chinese religious festival in a small town. Particpants in theatre in costume at a shrine in the town.
    Thailand_11837611.jpg
  • Chinese religious festival in a small town. Participants in theatre in costume at a shrine in the town.
    Thailand Chinese festival flowers.jpg
  • Dancer at Kandy Perahera in Ves costume.
    Sri Lanka_Kandyan_dancer_8591732.jpg
  • Dancer at Kandy Perahera in Ves costume.
    Sri Lanka_Kandyan Dancer_8591732.jpg
  • Chinese religious festival in a small town. Participant in costume at outdoor theater.<br />
Thailand.
    Thailand_11837615.jpg
  • Chinese religious festival in a small town. Particpants in theatre in costume at a shrine in the town.
    11837600.jpg
  • SRI LANKA...Udappuwa festival. Particpant in costume for a procession that will leave from the Kali Kovil in the north of the village and travel a few hundred metres to the Vishnu Kovil.
    Sri Lanka_Udappu_festival_5892654.jpg
  • SRI LANKA. Udappuwa festival. In costume ready for procession that leaves from the Sri Kali Amman Hindu Kovil in the afternoon. The procession will travel North through the village main street, to the Vishnu Kovil beside the town square.
    5892124.jpg
  • Chinese religious festival in a small town. Participants in theatre in costume at a shrine in the town.
    Thailand_11837696.jpg
  • SRI LANKA...Udappuwa festival. Participants at the festival, a ceremony that leaves from the Sri Kali Amman Hindu kovil in the afternoon, early evening. This man sits on a wall in the temple, while others in the procession are dressed in costume and have their make up applied.They will go to the main Vishnu kovil in the north of the village.
    Udappuwa Festival iii.jpg
  • Asoka Ratwatte in Kandyan chieftan's formal dress. This costume belonged to Noel Paranagama
    Asoka Ratwatte.jpg
  • Udappuwa festival. At the Kali Kovil in the north of the village. Getting ready for the procession to the main Kovil.<br />
Sri Lanka.
    Sri Lanka_Udappuwa Brahmin.jpg
  • Sri Lanka. Dancer at the Nawam Perahera, Colombo. January 2002.
    sri lanka.mjnh.jpg
  • Sri Lanka, Dancer, mask, Ambalangoda, Mask Museum, Southern Mask, costume, ritual, cobra head, cobra mask,
    SL. The Large Mask. Ambalangoda. DS...jpg
  • Drummers in costume.<br />
Skeen Collection.
    img290_ Skeen & Co.jpg
  • Christine Waterstone on the left with Charlene Polimon.<br />
Two young Sega Dancers in costume. Rodrigues Island.
    Rodrigues_Island_DSC0797.jpg
  • Udappuwa festival. At the Kali Kovil in the north of the village. Getting ready for the procession to the main Vishnu Kovil. Man poses in front of painting of the Goddess Kali prior to start of procession.
    5892711.jpg
  • Udappuwa festival. At the Kali Kovil in the north of the village. Getting ready for the procession to the main Kovil.
    Sri Lanka_Udappu_Festival_5892676.jpg
  • Chinese religious festival in a small town. Participants in theatre in costume at a shrine in the town.
    Thailand_theater_12091890.jpg
  • Subodharamaya temple has one of the finest collections of Buddhist temple paintings.
    Sri Lanka Costume mural.jpg
  • Festival at Udappu village.
    Udappu. Costume_DSC2921.jpg
  • Southern Dancers Feet at Nawam Perhaera, Colombo. 2002
    Sri Lanka. Dancers Feet.jpg
  • Man seated on the thinnai of his home in Nagapattinam.
    India_Tamil_Nadu_Vernacular_Nagapatt...jpg
  • Dancer from the south of the island.
    Sri Lanka_Dancer 19.jpg
  • Drummers at the Kandy Perahera held for Esala Full Moon.
    Sri Lanka_DSC_0077.JPG
  • Dancers from the south of the island.
    Sri Lanka_Two Southern Dancers.jpg
  • Subodharamaya temple has one of the finest collections of Buddhist temple paintings.
    19319041.jpg
  • Dancers from the south of the island.
    Sri Lanka_Two Southern Dancers_b&w.jpg
  • Subodharamaya temple has one of the finest collections of Buddhist temple paintings.
    19319015.jpg
  • The August Udappu festival. 2012
    Sri Lanka_Udappu_Jul-12_DSC6396_AP.jpg
  • Blue. Ambalangoda Dancer.<br />
circa 1987
    SL. Blue. Ambalangoda Dancer. DS 202...jpg
  • Sri Lanka.<br />
Temple painting of a man in Kandyan Dress.
    Sri Lanka. Temple painting, portrait...jpg
  • Woman holding coconut flower.
    Skeen_Woman & Flower_img300.jpg
  • Skeen_Man in Sarong_35 -ok.jpg
  • Photograph by Skeen.
    img361_Skeen & Co.jpg
  • The August Udappu festival. 2012
    Sri Lanka_Udappu_Jul/12_DSC6816.jpg
  • The August Udappu festival. 2012
    Sri Lanka_Udappu_Jul/12_DSC6770.jpg
  • Kandyan Chieftains <br />
Photograph by Skeen.
    img296_Skeen & Co_Chieftains_cleanin...jpg
  • Family at the entrance of their home in Nagapattinam.
    India_Nagapattinam_DSC0045.jpg
  • Muslim woman at door of her home in Nagore.
    India_Nagore_DS_080625_9601.jpg
  • Pongal festival celebrations in the Hill Country.
    SL_Pongal_festival_DSC3026.jpg
  • Dancers at coastel village of Akkampettai.
    India. Krishna. Karakattam Dance Tro...jpg
  • Karakattam Dance troupe. Tamil Nadu.<br />
Karakattam has its roots in tribute to the rain goddess Mariamman. A dance troupe on their way to celebrations at (most likely) Akkampettai village on the coast. <br />
The fishing village had been rebuilt after the tsunami. 2005
    India. Krishna. Karakattam Dance Tro...jpg
  • Festival at Udappu village.
    _DSC5482.jpg
  • Udappuwa festival, the preparation for the fire walking. The pit is prepared. The burning wood levelled, the embers shaped into a rectangular pit.
    DSC_0347.jpg
  • Festival at Udappu village.
    Sri Lanka_Udappu_Festival_DSC_0238.jpg
  • Festival at Udappu village.
    DSC_0175.jpg
  • Festival at Udappu village.
    Sri Lanka. Udappu festival dusk_DSC5...jpg
  • Festival at Udappu village.
    SL. Udappu. Preparing the fire pit_D...jpg
  • Festival at Udappu village.<br />
The Horsemen ride through the village.
    SL. Udappu. The Horsemen_DSC4299.jpg
  • Festival at Udappu village.
    _DSC3354.jpg
  • Festival at Udappu village.
    Sri Lanka_Udappu_festival_DSC3124.jpg
  • Festival at Udappu village.
    _DSC2842.jpg
  • Festival at Udappu village.
    Sri Lanka_Udappu Festival_DSC2674.jpg
  • Festival at Udappu village. Sinhalese drummer.
    _DSC2625.jpg
  • Festival at Udappu village.
    Sri Lanka_Udappu_Festival__DSC2795.jpg
  • Festival at Udappu village.
    Udappu_DSC3605.jpg
  • Women's festival at Udappuwa. The first festival after the Sinhala Tamil New year, in the hot month of April or May. They dance in groups around a shrine at night and the next morning. On the Wednesday* morning, they all converge on the beach, carrying with them pots with seedlings and end the celebration with an offering to the sea. An adaptation of a harvest & rain festival, at this fishing community the prayer is for a better catch from the sea. .*The festival is always on a Tuesday evening and Wednesday morning.
    Udappuwa Festival 01.jpg
  • Women's festival at Udappuwa. The first festival after the Sinhala Tamil New year, in the hot month of April or May. They dance in groups around a shrine at night and the next morning. On the Wednesday* morning, they all converge on the beach, carrying with them pots with seedlings and end the celebration with an offering to the sea. An adaptation of a harvest & rain festival, at this fishing community the prayer is for a better catch from the sea. .*The festival is always on a Tuesday evening and Wednesday morning.
    Udappuwa Festival 004.jpg
  • Portrait of a gentlemen in San'a.
    Yemen_B&W_DSC0006xx.jpg
  • Sri Lanka. Cinema posters.
    DS_090326_0335.jpg
  • Sri Lanka. The annual pageant, the Kandy Perahera, culminates with a procession during the day. Elephants, dancers, drummers and flag bearers leave from and return to the Dalada Maligawa or Temple of the Tooth. The city of Kandy is in the hill country, 72 miles or 130 km from Colombo.
    5915634.jpg
  • Sri Lanka. The annual pageant, the Kandy Perahera, culminates with a procession during the day. Elephants, dancers, drummers and flag bearers leave from and return to the Dalada Maligawa or Temple of the Tooth. The city of Kandy is in the hill country, 72 miles or 130 km from Colombo.
    5915565.jpg
  • Sri Lanka. The annual pageant, the Kandy Perahera, culminates with a procession during the day. Elephants, dancers, drummers and flag bearers leave from and return to the Dalada Maligawa or Temple of the Tooth. The city of Kandy is in the hill country, 72 miles or 130 km from Colombo.
    5915563.jpg
  • Sri Lanka. The annual pageant, the Kandy Perahera, culminates with a procession during the day. Elephants, dancers, drummers and flag bearers leave from and return to the Dalada Maligawa or Temple of the Tooth. The city of Kandy is in the hill country, 72 miles or 130 km from Colombo.
    SRI LANKA_Kandy_5915561.jpg
  • Muslim woman at Akbar Town. Kalmunai. East Coast.
    DS_050224_0323.jpg
  • Udappuwa festival. Horse and Rider make their way through the streets of Udappuwa. They procession starts at the Kali Kovil by the sea and ends at the Vishnu Kovil.
    Sri Lanka_Udappu_Festival_8664884.jpg
  • Udappuwa festival. The village, men and women, gather at the Mariamman Kovil in the north of the village. Here they bathe at the well, fall into a deep trance, dance kavadi, then they will move south to the main Vishnu Kovil, stopping at a Kataragama shrine on the way...The trance is very strong, they often have to be restrained by family & friends, screaming as this is done.<br />
(A3 12/2021)
    Sri Lanka_Udappu_Festival_5893234.jpg
  • Southern Dancers.
    SRI LANKA. Mask 006_b&w AP.jpg
  • Dancers preparing for the Nawam Perahera (procession) in Colombo.<br />
1993.
    Sri Lanka. Navam Perehera-C olombo 1...jpg
  • A4 +++<br />
Dancers preparing for the Nawam Perahera (procession) in Colombo.<br />
1993.
    Sri Lanka. Navam Perehera. Colombo 1...jpg
  • Dancer with Mask
    SL_Dancer with mask_DS138_b&w AP.jpg
  • SRI LANKA. Udappuwa festival. Penitent walking around the shrine at the main Hindu Vishnu Kovil in Udappuwa.
    Sri Lanka_Udappu_Festival_5892012 Tr...jpg
  • Sri Lanka. Earlier that afternoon, Duryodhan will be walked around the precinct of the temple, surrounded by the village people shouting out ?Govinda Govinda? In a deep trance after his battle with Bhima, he is finally brought out of his trance inside the temple.
    Sri Lanka_Udappu_5878281 Trance Walk...jpg
  • Festival at Udappu village.<br />
August 2009
    Sri Lanka_Udappu Festival_DSC3857_AP.jpg
  • Udappuwa festival. The village, men and women, gather at the Mariamman Kovil in the north of the village. Here they bathe at the well, fall into a deep trance, dance kavadi, then they will move south to the main Vishnu Kovil, stopping at a Kataragama shrine on the way...The trance is very strong, they often have to be restrained by family & friends, screaming as this is done. 2005
    Sri Lanka_Udappu_Festival_5893234_AP.jpg
  • Dancer with Naga Raksha (Cobra Mask),<br />
Ambalangoda.<br />
<br />
A5 print<br />
(given away) to Glen and Fiona Howard. 7/22
    SL. Cobra Mask, Ambalangoda. DS 2020...jpg
  • Sri Lanka.<br />
Participant at the Nawam Perahera in Colombo.
    SL. Head dress. Nawam Perahera. DS 2...jpg
  • The masked man playing the role of a woman.'Kolam" mask
    SL. Kolam Dancer. DS 2020_4_5_i_090_...jpg
  • Travels in Japan.<br />
Metal door with letterbox and painting.
    Japan 018 Couple on steel doorway b&...jpg
  • Dancer/drummer at the Temple of the Tooth in Kandy. 1977<br />
16x16
    Sri Lanka. Young performer_Kandy Per...jpg
  • The Peramuna Ralahamy before the start of the Perahera. In the Dalada Maligawa office.<br />
16x16
    SL_The Peramuna Ralahamy in Kandy_sq.jpg
  • A3<br />
Dancers have a break at the Kandy Perahera.
    Sri Lanka. Kandyan Dancers at perahe...jpg
  • Man in mask at a religous procession in Colombo. Perahera at Gangaramaya Temple, Colombo 2.
    Sri Lanka. Man in Spectacled Mask, N...jpg
  • Nepal<br />
Dancers at rest in Kathmandu.
    Nepal. Dancers at Bhaktapur_b&w.jpg
  • Dancer with Mask<br />
2006<br />
(A3 12/2021)<br />
(A5 - 12/2021)
    SL_Dancer with mask_DS138_b&w.jpg
  • Festival at Udappu - procession through the streets of the village.
    Sri Lanka_Udappu festival procession...jpg
  • Two dancers from Ambalangoda.<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
A5 print 2019.
    Sri Lanka. Two dancers from Ambalang...jpg
  • Sri Lanka.<br />
Dancer at the Nawam Perahera, Colombo. January 2002.<br />
<br />
(A5 - 12/2021)
    Sri Lanka. Nawam Perahera dancer and...jpg
  • Sri Lanka.<br />
Participants in a perahera (procession).<br />
Location not known.<br />
Copyright: Dominic Sansoni<br />
<br />
(A5 - 12/2021)
    Sri Lanka. Temple painting of a Pera...jpg
  • Sri Lanka.- Budhist temple painting of three drummers.<br />
Location not known.
    Sri Lanka. Three Drummers - temple p...jpg
  • The Peramuna Ralahamy before the start of the Perahera. In the Dalada Maligawa office.
    SL_Portrait of the Peramuna Ralahamy...jpg
  • The Peramuna Ralahamy before the start of the Perahera. In the Dalada Maligawa office.
    SL_The Peramuna Ralahamy in Kandy.jpg
  • Nepal. <br />
'Nara devi' dancer, Kathmandu.
    Nepal. Nara Devi Dancer. fine jewelr...tif
  • India. Woman in Rajasthan.
    India. Rajasthani Woman.B&W.tif
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