So today is the first day of the Esala Perahera, a 10-day festival honoring the sacred tooth relic of the Buddha, the whole town is buzzing. We bumped into Denzil our tooth relic guide and he could fix us up with some good seats, for rupees of course. I must point out at this stage that the health and safety aspect of the festival was up there with the bull run we went to in Quarante, France – totally non existent, but equally very exciting and great fun.
To get an idea of the scale of Perahera madness, think St Paul’s Carnival, Ottery St Mary flaming barrels and the bull run in Quarante all rolled into one wth a load of elephants and flames thrown in the mix you’re kinda close.
Sunday 15 August 2010
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