Poona Dance (traditional) / Pantheru Dance (with acrobatics)

Peacock Dance (depicting the movements of the bird) / Salupiya Dance (demons that cause ailments)

Raban Dance (with flat drums on sticks) / Kulu Dance (village damsels)

Ves Dance (featuring rhythmic drumming patterns)

Group Dance (drummers and dancers in harmony) / Fire Walking (outside)

Kandy 3; Kandyan Dancing Cultural Show

April 1, 2023 in Sri Lanka ⋅ ⛅ 24 °C

We actually visited this the evening before, but it is convenient to describe it at the end of the Kandy posts.

After a traditional welcome by the blowing of a conch shell and ceremonial drumming, the show starts and runs through several traditional dances (see captions on images); it finished with a display of fire walking outside the hall.

It's great to see traditional Sri Lankan folk dancing, especially as I am a traditional English folk dancer myself (a Morris dancer).Read more