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Tuk-tuk power of Sri Lanka
Initiative aims to provide jobs and safeguard women in Sri Lanka...
Southern Province, Sri Lanka - Lochana is 10 years old. Every morning, he gets up and lights an incense stick, which he places in a three-wheeled auto-rickshaw parked outside the family home in Sri Lanka’s coastal Southern Province. The vehicle is a bright shade of pink and as the fragrant smoke fills the interior, Lochana says a prayer for his mother’s safety and...
24 March, 2019
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One musician’s struggle to save the distinctive culture of Sri Lanka’s Portuguese Burghers, Earl Barthelot of the band Burgher Folks has dedicated himself to reviving the identity of his small community.
Earl Barthelot loves a good Portuguese Burgher wedding. There is always feasting – keep an eye out for that wild pork curry – and...
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Earl Barthelot loves a good Portuguese Burgher wedding. There is...
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