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Emese Szarka

a group of people dressed in costumes and headdresses dance on the street

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Colombo, Sri Lanka — A traditional mask dancer performs in an annual Buddhist procession. Hundreds of dancers, drummers, decorated elephants and Buddhist monks took part in the event, which is held on a full moon. PHOTOGRAPH BY: GEMUNU AMARASINGHE / ASSOCIATED PRESS

a group of people in costume standing next to each other on a city street with masks covering their faces

Travel To Ambalangoda - A Traditional Beach Village In Sri Lanka Ambalangoda Sri lanka, a quiet, unspoiled beach town on Sri Lanka's south-west coast, serves as the home of devil dancing and mask- and puppet-making traditions that have been kept alive for genertions. Read More http://www.getintravel.com/travel-to-ambalangoda-a-traditional-beach-village-in-sri-lanka/

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Surfing in Sri Lanka

Sportbay - A maior loja para pilotos off-road da América

Surfing and Surf Camps in Sri Lanka

an aerial view of a city with tall buildings in the foreground and a river running through it

Wooden Skyscraper

Moshe Safdie

Mixed Use Development

Residential Development

Skyscraper Architecture

Interesting Buildings

High Rise Building

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Mixed Use

* Residential Architecture: Colombo Residential Development by Moshe Safdie

Colombo Residential Development by Moshe located in Colombo, Sri Lanka. Shops will occupy the ground floor of the 69-storey building, while apartments with balcony gardens will be located in the levels above.

a large white buddha statue sitting on top of a lush green field under a blue sky

Anuradhapura Sri Lanka

A statute of the Buddha meditating.. in Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka

White Buddha Statue

Buddha Statue Meaning

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Buddah statue in Polonnaruwa, Sri Lanka

a large golden buddha statue sitting next to a lush green hillside covered in flowers and trees

Top 10 Cheapest Countries to Backpack

Sri Lanka = Colombo, the commercial capital of Sri Lanka, is the most popular city to visit here. Sri Jayewardenepura Kotte is actually the capital of the country and worth a visit as well. The Buddha statues and Galle Face Green promenade in Colombo are awesome.

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Sri Lanka: The medieval capital of Polonnaruwa, the Cave Temples of Dambulla, the Lion Rock of Sigiriya- Sri Lanka's picture postcard beaches and giant Buddhist sculptures. Tucked away in the Indian Ocean, it is an ideal holiday destination for those on a budget! Golden Buddha

monks in orange robes are holding buckets and reaching out to each other with their hands

In pictures: Thailand’s female monks

Chatsumarn Kabilsingh has been trying to revive the bhikkuni tradition. "In Buddhism, men and women are treated equally, but the Thai culture tends to place women lower," said the 68-year-old Chatsumarn, who left her life as a professor at a renowned Thai university in 2000 to enter monastic life. After three years of learning the Buddha's precepts in Taiwan, she was ordained as a full bhikkhuni in Sri Lanka."