Tag: Holidays & Holy Days

How do I know Christmas is coming to Sri Lanka? Honestly? Because of the Christmas decorations available…

So it’s Id-Ul-Alha, or Hadji Festival Day. We had outside food – Fahim’s mom had arranged it…

As part of the Festival tradition, we gave the new clothes we bought to everyone, and Fahim’s…

It was oddly quiet here last night. Usually, at any major events, you can hear firecrackers going…

I mentioned in previous entries (May 2nd and May 4th) that Vesak Poya Day was a big…

There are religious processions everywhere. Major ones. Never mind that only something like 7.4% of the population…