kandy August is a very important month for srilankas.The Kandy perahera is held in August. This procession is held for days. Lots of people come to see the perahera.It is very beautiful. There is many elephants in the perahera.They are dressed beautifully in clothes of different designs and colours.The whip crackers announce the arrival of the perahera. Thed are followed by colorfully dressed dancers, drummers, tom-tom beaters, flag bearers and stilt walkers. The torch bearers illuminate the path of the procession.

 

The Kandy perahera is a religious festival. The Buddha’s tooth relic is taken in the perahera.’Diywadana Nilame’ is the guardian of the’ Dalada Maligawa’ and is an important person in the procession. The procession of the four devalues; Vishnu, Naatha Katharagama and Paththini join the Kandy perahera.