Walk between multi-ethnic and multi-religious Pettah and Kotahena: the residential neighborhood of Colombo’s Chettiyar and Malayali elite during the nineteenth century, through Vivekananda Hill, Old Moor Street and Hultsdorp, the centre of legal activity today.
UPDATE: We have reached maximum capacity for this walk. If you would like to be put on the waiting list, please send us your contact number to info@historicaldialogue.lk or text 076 452 1768.
Walk between multi-ethnic and multi-religious Pettah and Kotahena: the residential neighborhood of Colombo’s Chettiyar and Malayali elite during the nineteenth century, through Vivekananda Hill, Old Moor Street and Hultsdorp, the centre of legal activity today.
Learn more about the Kotahena riot of 1883, which may be one of the first documented Catholic-Buddhist encounters.
Remembering the first Vesak Holiday in 1885 celebrated with imported Japanese lanterns and ‘Carols’ sung to melodies of Christian hymns, this walk relates how traditions of Sinhala-Buddhists were framed in the 1890s.
Led by Asoka Mendis de Zoysa
Date and Time: Sunday 6th of May 2018 from 8:00 – 11:00 am
For more details and registration please email: info@historicaldialogue.lk or text 076 452 1768.
The walk will be limited to 20 participants so register early to avoid disappointment.
We tasted every locally brewed and available beer. In the name of science!
Popeyes, the American, multinational, fast food chain of fried chicken is now open in Sri Lanka.
A home-based lamprais maker.
Countries that let you in without a fuss with your Lankan passport
High tea round-up of 2021.
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