{"id":118979,"date":"2023-08-01T05:35:41","date_gmt":"2023-08-01T05:35:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/?p=118979"},"modified":"2023-08-01T05:35:41","modified_gmt":"2023-08-01T05:35:41","slug":"kandy-esala-perahera-festival-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/kandy-esala-perahera-festival-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"Kandy Esala Perahera Festival 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>Kandy Esala Perahera Festival 2023<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">Source :\u00a0<a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/qld-sri-lankan-newsletter-daehaena-august-2023\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> Qld Sri Lankan Newsletter \u2013 D\u00e6h\u00e6na \u2013 August 2023<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">Kandy Esala Perahera is a historical procession held annually to pay homage to the Sacred Tooth Relic of the Buddha, which is housed at the Sri Dalada Maligawa in Kandy. A unique symbol of Sri Lanka, the procession consists of traditional local dances such as fire dances and performances in whip-dance garments. The festival ends with the traditional Diya-kepeema ritual, a water cutting ceremony which is held at the Mahaweli River at Getambe, Kandy<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kandyperahera2023.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-118980 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/kandyperahera2023.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Kandy-Esala-Perahera-2023-Time-Schedule.jpeg\" alt=\"Kandy Esala Perahera Festival 2023 - elanka\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kandy Esala Perahera Festival 2023 Source :\u00a0 Qld Sri Lankan Newsletter \u2013 D\u00e6h\u00e6na \u2013 August 2023 Kandy Esala Perahera is a historical procession held annually to pay homage to the Sacred Tooth Relic of the Buddha, which is housed at the Sri Dalada Maligawa in Kandy. 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