{"id":120595,"date":"2023-09-02T07:42:11","date_gmt":"2023-09-02T07:42:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/?p=120595"},"modified":"2023-09-02T07:42:11","modified_gmt":"2023-09-02T07:42:11","slug":"kandy-perahera-rituals-end-with-water-cutting-ceremony","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/kandy-perahera-rituals-end-with-water-cutting-ceremony\/","title":{"rendered":"Kandy Perahera rituals end with water-cutting ceremony"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 class=\"post-title single-post-title entry-title\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Kandy Perahera rituals end with water-cutting ceremony<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailynews.lk\/2023\/09\/01\/local\/102981\/kandy-perahera-rituals-end-with-water-cutting-ceremony\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-49618 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dailynews.lk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Untitled-117-1.jpg\" alt=\"elanka\" width=\"600\" height=\"341\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #800080;\">Source:<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 16px;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailynews.lk\/2023\/09\/01\/local\/102981\/kandy-perahera-rituals-end-with-water-cutting-ceremony\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Dailynews<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">The water-cutting ceremony of the Kandy Esala Perahera was carried out according to ancient rituals at Gatambe water-cutting pier yesterday (31). After completion of the last Randoli Maha Perahera,\u00a0 the Sathara Maha Devala perahera heads to the Gatambe water cutting pier and perform the water cutting festival by sending afloat the Kap trees planted in each of the four devalas at the time the Perahera festival commenced in the Mahaweli river.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">It is a tradition from the past for the four devala priests and other officials to go to the middle of the Mahaweli River in a boat and carry out the ritual of cutting the water and keeping the water collected in a container until the end of the next year\u2019s Perahera festival.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">When the ritual of cutting the water is performed, a huge number of people gather at the place to witness it, and there is a belief among the people that by planting the Kap trees sent floating in the river in the farmlands, they can get a good harvest.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kandy Perahera rituals end with water-cutting ceremony &nbsp; Source:Dailynews The water-cutting ceremony of the Kandy Esala Perahera was carried out according to ancient rituals at Gatambe water-cutting pier yesterday (31). 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