The pointer reads: “Perahera Route”.
People try to take available places on the street long before the festival.
Colorful balloons.
A policeman.
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The pointer reads: “Perahera Route”. |
People try to take available places on the street long before the festival. |
Colorful balloons. |
A policeman. |
A corn vendor. |
A group of chinese tourists. |
Local people occupied the place on the ground before the beginning of the festival. |
Vendors sell toys and corn cobs. |
A school dance group. |
A school dance group performs a dance. |
A school dance group performs before the festival starts. |
A school dance group includes a drummer. |
A school dance group and a group of policemen. |
A crowd of people. |
High yellow barriers. |
A school dance group performs beside the high yellow barriers. |
A school dance group is a crowd scene to attract people. |
A policeman regulates the road traffic. |
KMC Bobcat road roller. |
A Bobcat road roller, a red bus and an autorickshaw are on the intersection. |
A brave policeman stands with his arms behind his back. |
A policeman stands beside a Bobcat road roller. |
A Bobcat road roller. |
A school dance group performs while a group of policemen stands behind them. |
A school dance group performs with drums. |
The closer to the beginning of the festival the bigger the crowd of people waiting for it. |
It is raining today. |
Vendor sells toys under the rain. |
People are sitting under umbrellas. |
Queen's Hotel is a 3-star hotel. |
An elephant. |
An elephant is decorated with led string lights. |
A luxurious brown covering of an elephant. |
Young male dancers. |
Young male dancers are dressed in red-white clothes. |
A drummer. |
A nurse. |
An elephant's rider. |
A spearman. |
A fiery dance. |
Drummers. |
Dancing drummers. |
Fires are everywhere on the square. |
Each group of dancers performs its own dance. |
The smoke is in the air. |
Male dancers are dressed in skirts. |
Three elephants. |
An elephant's rider keeps an umbrella in his hand. |
An elephant walks dressed in a gold covering. |
An energetic dance. |
Men are dressed in authentic clothes. |
Men dance barefoot along the road. |
Elephants are amidst the smoke. |
Torches are filled with coconut shells. |
Elephants are covered with luxurious decorations. |
Elephants are covered with garlands of electric lights. |
A smoke in the air. |
A coconut torch. |
An elephant with decorated tusks. |
Elephant riders. |
A man wears a coconut torch. |
Coconut torches create a special historic ambiance. |
Smoke and fire. |
A man with a coconut torch waits the command to march further. |
A man with a coconut torch should be very careful with the fire. |
A fast dancer. |
Dancers are dressed in white, red and black clothes. |
Drummers are dancing. |
Drummers and dancers. |
A well-fed dancer. |
Some dancers wear red belts and long white bandanas. |
A giant festive umbrella. |
A smoke in the night. |
A painted festive auto-rickshaw. |
Something wrong has happened with an auto-rickshaw. |
Two men push an auto-rickshaw. |
A policeman is dressed in the raincoat. |
Men bear colorful flags. |
Drummers with double drums. |
An elephant with a festive brown covering. |
A mahout controls an elephant by a chain. |
Dancers and policemen. |
A mahout keeps an ancient flag in his hand. |
Dancing children. |
Teenage male dancers. |
Young men dance holding sticks with fur in their hands. |
Elegant clothes of dancers. |
This square is located at the foot of Queen's Hotel. |
Queen's Hotel. |
The infinite flow of dancers. |
The most beautiful elephants. |
Elephants are dressed in the festive gold coverings. |
A bright festive elephant. |
Two mahouts are dressed in pure white clothes. |
Two mahouts with flowers. |
The most handsome mahouts are riding on the elephant. |