Tag: Holidays & Holy Days

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Project #365 Day 82 Here Comes Santa Claus

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

Posted in Life

Id-Ul-Alha (Hadji Festival Day)

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

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New clothes!

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

Posted in Sri Lanka

No firecrackers

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

Posted in Sri Lanka

More on Vesak Poya Day

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

Posted in Sri Lanka

Good Friday.

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