Saturday, September 13, 2008

Sri Lanka Festival 2008

I went to the Sri Lanka Festival today in Tokyo at Yoyogi. It was very exciting with lots of traditional dances performed for us and there was good food too.

2 comments:

  1. Can you post more details/stories? I actually have a big interest in Sri Lanka (well, Theravada Buddhism, which extends to Sri Lanka).

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  2. Thomas, thank you for your comment. There were also many booths with organizations and companies. Ceylon tea seems to be a big thing. There were also Theravada Buddhists there as well with their own booth. One booth had an interesting drink that you drink straight out of the fruit (similar to a coconut), but it was too expensive; 1000 yen! My friend says that fruit only costs 1 yen in Sri Lanka. There was a booth selling Sri Lankan beer, called Lion. Also, one performance was not Sri Lankan, but Japanese swordsmanship (aiido?) And I found out that Sri Lanka is the Paradise Island!

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