How did the people of Sri Lanka worship in ancient times?

I love to watch local performances as it is very much a local specialty, so whenever I visit a country, a city, if there is a local performance of this specialty, I choose to take out time to enjoy the local dances and immerse myself in the culture of the city.

When I came to Sri Lanka, I came to Kandy, how can I not come to enjoy the Kandy Dance, some people may not think it is worth the ticket price, but for me, I have seen it is worth it. I was not aware that there were performances in Kandy that I could watch, but the driver of our chartered bus introduced me to them, and even though he could earn a commission, it was an enjoyable experience for me. My friend, on the other hand, didn't like the show, he didn't like to watch the show, there was no need to spend this kind of money, however, this kind of thing is just a matter of opinion.

In the evening we arrived in Kandy, rested for a while to go to the theater, and the show is only in the evening, the price is one thousand rupees a person, the door of the leaflet with different countries in the text of the introduction, of course, the Chinese text is essential. Most of the people watching here are tour groups, Chinese faces mostly, Europeans and Americans are also quite a lot, like me such as casual visitors is relatively not a lot.

This dance to be booked in advance, I may come to the time a little late, sitting on the second floor, the distance is a little far, can not see the face, but you can see the dance action, in conjunction with the music, there is also a little bit of meaning.

Because in Kandy to see the dance, I thought this dance is called the Kandy dance, in fact, it belongs to the Sri Lankan Sinhalese community of a traditional most representative of the dance school, is one of the symbols of the Sinhalese culture, because of the origins of the ancient Kandy Kingdom under the jurisdiction of the mountainous region, also known as the highland dance. And the dance is one of the most representative of Kandy culture, so to speak, if you come to Kandy without seeing the Kandy dance, then you have not really come to Kandy.

Throughout these thousands of years of history, I admire the most is the culture, it is the development of a nation, witnessed the history of the long history, each city's culture is worth exploring. Highland dance for hundreds of years in the support of the crowd, only to be able to save, so that after a thousand years we have to watch, it turns out that this dance is in the ancient Hongbo festival of God will perform the dance, has now developed into a commercial dance, so that people from all over the world to appreciate, to understand.

The show started at five o'clock and lasted for about an hour, in which a dozen different scenes were performed. These dozen different types of dances showed us all the aspects of the dance culture from Lanka and the music that accompanied the show wasn't really music, it was the instruments they danced and the drums that they stomped on.

The actors performed various kinds of animal forms, through drumming, dancing, offering sacrifices to the gods, fire-breathing, face-changing, crossing the fire bowl and other steps, expressing the good wishes of the ancient people to drive away the ghosts and demons and praying for the blessing of the gods, they vividly and vividly showed us the scenes of the ancient times.

They have beautiful limbs and skillful techniques, doing difficult performance movements, even though the background is just a red cloth and the venue is simple, their skillful movements make people forget this simplicity and immerse themselves in the beauty of the dance. After the final over-the-top performance is accepted, the performers invite the audience to come up and join them for a closer look, and there is much merriment as everyone surrounds them.

I love to watch local performances because they are very local, so whenever I visit a country, a city, if there is a local performance of this kind, I choose to take out time to enjoy the local dances and immerse myself in the culture of the city.

Watching tips:

Address: Kandy Lake Club, Sanghamitta Mawatha, Sri Lanka (north of Kandy Lake)

Tickets: You can ask your hotel to help you buy them or come to the venue to buy them in advance as most of the tickets that are close to the front of the show are sold to travel agents.

Price: 1k rupees a person

Transportation:

1. Take Tuktuk to get there, the price is usually not more than 100 rupees per kilometer, you can cut the price appropriately.

2, talk to your chartered bus driver about the dance, the driver will know,