{"id":121199,"date":"2023-09-13T15:29:00","date_gmt":"2023-09-13T15:29:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/?p=121199"},"modified":"2023-09-13T15:29:38","modified_gmt":"2023-09-13T15:29:38","slug":"walli-yak-mangalaya-by-l-b-senaratne","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/walli-yak-mangalaya-by-l-b-senaratne\/","title":{"rendered":"Walli yak Mangalaya &#8211; By L.B.Senaratne"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #800080;\"><strong>Walli yak Mangalaya &#8211; By L.B.Senaratne<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-121202 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Walli-yak-Mangalaya-By-L.B.Senaratne-eLanka-1.png\" alt=\"Walli yak Mangalaya - By L.B.Senaratne\" width=\"600\" height=\"534\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">(The above photograph\u00a0removed over\u00a0forty\u00a0years\u00a0ago was the original &#8216;Walli Yak&#8217; mask which was\u00a0 a hereditary mask of the dancer.\u00a0 After he died\u00a0 the son took over, he is alleged to\u00a0 have\u00a0 sold the mask. It is believed\u00a0that this mask\u00a0is now in a European\u00a0country,\u00a0but safe and sound )<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">Who said that the Kandy Esala ritual concludes with the &#8221; Day Perahera &#8221; or procession. A ritual is enacted to ward off the evil eye of the Nilames, dancers, drummers and above all the elephants who paaded the streets of Kandy causing no harm to anyone.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">Perhpahs this is the only ritual where people and animals mingle together without harm.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">The ritual enacefd\u00a0 was once a a secret\u00a0 ritual but now it is followed by devotees\u00a0 that this ritual brings them protection. The ritual is\u00a0 enacted at Sri Maha Vishnu Devale or the abode of God Vishnu..<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">The ritual &#8221; Walli Yak Mangalya&#8221; is, the finale of the Kandy Esala Maha Perahera or more the ritual enacted\u00a0 in priase of the Sacred Tooth Relic of Buddha, enshrined at the Sri Dalada Maligawa the Palladium of the Buddhist world.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">This riual\u00a0 enacted at the Kandy\u00a0 Maha Vishnuj Devale Walli Yak Mangalaya,\u00a0 has its\u00a0 origins at Aluthnuwara &#8211; the abode of God Dedimunda.. A Devale at Mawanella off the Kandhy &#8211; Colombo\u00a0road.at\u00a0the turn off a sleepy town of Hingula.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">Walli Yak Mangalya, is performed for seven days at the forecourt of the\u00a0 Devale. This Ritual is enacted\u00a0 a day after the Day Perahera<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">\u00a0At this ritual on the seventh day, young men and women who know of its\u00a0 existence of the gaherf to\u00a0 make vows by tying them on the &#8216; tail &#8216; of the Ves dancers. This is mostly done by unmarried couples and mothers to give their daughters in marriage before the next Walli Yak Mangalya. These vows are fulfilled in seventy per cent of the instances.\u00a0 But this is not the purpse, excedpt to ward off the evil eye from those who participated inthe Esala ritual.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">The drummers and dancere for this ritual are from Aluthnuwara Devale- the Devale aroond 17 kilometers from Kandhy in the district of Mawanella. The dancers and drummers who perorm in this ritual in Kandy,\u00a0 do not perform at the Kandy Esala Maha Perahera as a rule, because their own Perahera is at Aluthnuwara. Their presence in Kandy is because once the deity of Maha Vishnu\u00a0 and the effigy of Queen Sunethra was at Alutnuwara unt King Senerat broughtit to Kandy and enshrined it in this Devale or the abode of the God.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">The ritual is entwined in legend and folklore and part of the ritual is borrowed from Kohomba Kankariya. This ritual is believed to be the oldest form of ceremonial dance known also as &#8216; Kohomba Yakkum &#8216;. The origin of this ritual is attributed to King Panduvasdeva&#8217;s time. Kohomba Kankariya was performed out of love and compassion for King Parakrama Bahu VI of Kotte, according to J.E. Sederman, a well known person on rituals.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">For seven days the dancers perform at the Devale of Maha Vishnu, first by tying a young coconut flower over the performance area. They call for &#8216; Gara Yakka &#8221; a semi demon who was once a Prince who married his own siser and therby the King banished them to the wilds.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">\u00a0On the seventh day, the flower is brought down and then the dancers dance in an anti-clockwise direction thereby the inflorsence is droped off the flower.. The people who witness the ritual ,pick the coconut inflorescence and take them away to be tied in their homes until the next Walli Yak performance.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">On the seventh day, Gara Yakka enters, (he has been summoned for seven days) and\u00a0 is offered Kiribath ( milk rice ), oil cakes, water and coins. They\u00a0 are offered for him to depart in peace.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">The astrologers who had seen the\u00a0 horoscope of the Prince had warned the King and Queen, that he would have a sister of exceptional beauty and he would desire for her. They wanted the Prince to be\u00a0 sent away from the country. But the King sent him ot his brother also a King.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">Theer It is said that he became a priest who gathered\u00a0 powers to fly. But, when he saw his sister &#8216;Giri Devi&#8217;, he is said to have been unable to resist her and both lived as husband and wife. P.Wirz in &#8216; Exorcisms and art of healing&#8217; gives a number of instances connected with Gara Yakka and Giri Devi.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">Gara Yakka is reputed to have a powerful appetite and it is said that he was ordered by Goddess Patthini to clean the home of God Kataragama, for Goddess Patthini to arrive, for the wedding.\u00a0 \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">Gara Yakka\u00a0 had done so, devouring all the furniture and all else and still scolded God Kataragama for not giving him enough to eat. It is this Gara Yakka that is called for at Maha Vishnu Devale to ward off the evil eye and subsequently departs in peace.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">So ends the Gara Yakkum &#8216; ritual and also concluded the Kandy Esala Perahera or ritual,which was fantastic with 97 elephants, whch included 17\u00a0 Tuskers- the best in the country.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">The conduct of this ritual is in the hands of the Baanayke Nilame of Maha Vishnu Devale and alsoof God Dedimunda Devale at Aluthnuwras Mahendra Ratwatte<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-121201\" src=\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Walli-yak-Mangalaya-By-L.B.Senaratne-eLanka-3-e1694618520722.png\" alt=\"Walli yak Mangalaya - By L.B.Senaratne\" width=\"600\" height=\"800\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">The entry of &#8221; Gara Yakka &#8221; and the dancers questing him as to whether he would depart in peace after he is offered his prey.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-121200 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Walli-yak-Mangalaya-By-L.B.Senaratne-eLanka-2-e1694618672814.png\" alt=\"Walli yak Mangalaya - By L.B.Senaratne\" width=\"600\" height=\"686\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">Devotees tye vows to bring them justice.love, and exectgations when they woudl fulfil the vows at the next Walli Yak Mangalaya.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Walli yak Mangalaya &#8211; By L.B.Senaratne (The above photograph\u00a0removed over\u00a0forty\u00a0years\u00a0ago was the original &#8216;Walli Yak&#8217; mask which was\u00a0 a hereditary mask of the dancer.\u00a0 After he died\u00a0 the son took over, he is alleged to\u00a0 have\u00a0 sold the mask. 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