Esala Perahera Festival - Kandy, Sri Lanka
David's Been Here is in Kandy, Sri Lanka, taking part in the country's most important festival of the year: Esala Perahera Festival. Meaning the Festival of the Tooth Relic, expect packed crowds, elephants, music and amazing displays during this ten day religious festival. Experience this festival first hand as David shows the various celebrations from whips and fire dancing to elephant parades, music and dancing. If you are planning a trip to Sri Lanka, try and head there during August for this unforgettable festival- truly amazing. For more information on visiting Sri Lanka during Esala Perahera, check out the David's Been Here Guide to Kandy, now available for your Kindle as well.
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The Kandy Esala Perahera (the Esala procession of Kandy) also known as The Festival of the Tooth is a grand festival celebrated with elegant costumes and is held in July and August in Kandy, Sri Lanka.
Date: 16th Aug 2018
Name of the Perahera: 1st Kumbal Perahera (Procession Starts)
Esala Perahera Festival de Kandy 2014 (Sri Lanka)
Cada año, miles de personas se dan cita en el Esala Perahera Festival de Kandy (Sri Lanka). Durante todas las noches de luna llena en agosto, cientos de malabaristas, danzantes, músicos y decenas de elefantes procesionan por las calles de Kandy para venerar la Sagrada Reliquia del diente de Buda salvada de su pira funeraria y traída desde India para ser custodiada en el Templo del diente sagrado, Sri Dalada Maliwaga.
Esala Perahera Festival 2012 (Kandy, Sri Lanka)
First night of Randoli Perahera at the Esala Perahera Festival 2012 in Kandy, Sri Lanka
Esala Perahera Festival Kandy 08-2013 Sri Lanka
Esala Perahera Festival in Kandy Sri Lanka. This is a festival for the tooth of Buddha where Buddhists from all over the world come to celebrate the festival. It is in August and it takes several days. Every evening there are traditional dances and elephants dressed with special clothing and lights. Very impressive.
The Kandy Festival (1969)
Kandy, Ceylon (Sri Lanka).
Various good shots taken during the annual religious festival in the Ceylon's capital Kandy. The festival is highlighted by a large procession through the streets and we see many highly decorated elephants and the traditional Kandy dancers as they make their way past the large crowds. Some young westerners are seen looking on. More shots of the parade, elephants, dancers, crowds, etc.
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Date found in the old record - 03/09/1969.
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Kandy Perahera Festival (1967)
No title - Kandy Esala Perahera Buddhist festival in Ceylon, (now Sri Lanka).
Various shots procession of elephants proceeded by dancers, at the Kandy Perahera. Various shots of dancers and elephants in the background. C/U of man sitting on top of elephant riding in the procession. M/S of procession showing elephants and dancers. M/S elephants. M/S of elephants and people in procession. C/U of a juggler in the procession, pan as they go past camera. C/U of decorated elephant. C/U dancer. Various shots as the procession goes past.
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4K- Sri Lanka - World's Renowned Kandy Sri Dalada Perahera
Sri Dalada Perahera is the most colorful festival in the Kandy Temple of The Temple of the Sacred Tooth Relic of Lord Buddha in Sri Lanka. It brings out the blended culture of Buddhism and Hinduism in Sri Lanka. The front of the magnificent perahera or the pageant is Dalada Perahera devoted to the sacred tooth relic of Buddha followed by Devala Peraheras worshiping Hindu Gods and Goddess.
Kandy Perahera 2018 | Kandy Perahera Sri Lanka | Kandy Esala Perahera 2018 | Kandy Dalada Perahera
Kandy Perahera 2018 - The Esala Perahera in Kandy is one of the oldest and grandest of all Buddhist festivals in Sri Lanka, featuring dancers, jugglers, musicians, fire-breathers, and lavishly decorated elephants. This is held in Esala (July or August) which is the month that is believed to commemorate the first teaching given by the Buddha after he attained enlightenment. The Kandy Esala Perahera lasts for ten days while various festivities can be witnessed right throughout. The Sinhalese term 'Perahera' means a parade of musicians, dancers, singers, acrobats and various other performers accompanied by a large number of caparisoned Tuskers and Elephants parading the streets in celebration of a religious event.
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Kandy Esala Perahera 2019 (Final Randoli Perahera)
Sri Lanka's largest and most spectacular festival
අසිරිමත් ඇසළ පෙරහර මංගල්ලය
Kandy Perahera, one of Asia's highly traditional and most spectacular parades, takes place in the Buddhist month of Esala, usually in August. The Kandy festival season lasts a fortnight. There are three stages of the Kandy festival, each for a period of 5 days. The largest pageants with the highest numbers of tuskers take place in the last five nights, culminating in the very last night of the festival period.
In general, the final night of the Kandy Perahera festival season is on Nikini Poya Day, which marks the end of the month called Esala. Nikini Poya is the Buddhist astrological full moon night in August. Usually, this coincides with the astronomical full moon night. However, in some years Nikini Poya can be one night earlier or later than the astronomical full moon time suggests. Thus be aware: There is no guarantee that Nikini Poya falls on the date mentioned as August full moon in your calendar! Furthermore, the date of the astronomical fullmoon day in Sri Lanka can also differ one day from that in East Asia or Europe or America, just due to different time zones. Furthermore, there is no guarantee that the entire festival is dated according to the Nikini date. However, Nikini Poya was the final day of the Kandy festival in recent years. It is highly likely, that this will be the case in 2019, too. In summary, this means: You can be 99% sure, that the festival takes place in the evenings before and on the evening of the astrological fullmoon in August. The astrological Nikini fullmoon night is 14th August 2019.
Kandy Perahera Schedule
The first five pageants in Kandy:
5th August 2019: 1st Kumbal Perahera
6th August 2019: 2nd Kumbal Perahera
7th August 2019: 3rd Kumbal Perahera
8th August 2019: 4th Kumbal Perahera
9th August 2019: Last Kumbal Perahera
The five largest processions in Kandy:
10th August 2019: 1st Randoli Perahera
11th August 2019: 2nd Randoli Perahera
12th August 2019: 3rd Randoli Perahera
13th August 2019: 4th Randoli Perahera
14th August 2019: Final Randoli Perahera
Day-time ceremony of water-cutting:
15th August 2019: Diya Kepeema
Sequence of Kandy Processions
After a small opening ceremony called Kap Situveema, the cutting and planting of the Kapa, at Vishnu Devale near the Tooth Temple, the first nighttime celebrations are so-called Devale Peraheras, ceremnies only within Hindu temple premises.
Kumbal Peraheras
According to backpacker's bible, Lonely Planet, the Kandy Perahera is a 10-days event. Actually, it's a full fortnight festival season. Nevertheless, there is good reason to describe it as a 10-days event: Only 10 successive evening processions are held in Kandy city that really deserve the name Perahera. The first five of these ten pageants are called Kumbal Peraheras. Their focus of attention is not yet the Buddhist Tooth Relic, as the four Hindu Devales of Kandy still play the prominent role.
Randoli Peraheras (Randoli Procession)
This could be seen only with the procession of the Sacred Tooth Relic and parade the streets for whole five days which is a tradition. In the days of the Kings, the Chief Queens of the Kings paraded in this procession in Palanquins. As the participation of the Queens was not proper to the procession of the Sacred Tooth Relic they were stopped but a palanquin is taken in the procession as an honor to the Queen. The four Devalas carry their own decorated palanquins with religious articles of the Devales. Although palanquins are carried the honor they receive is no less.The last 5 days of the Kandy Perahera are the pageants of the famous Sacred Perahara Karaduwa. Only these final five evening processions known as Randoli Perahera can be called the “Great Kandy Perahera” in a narrow sense. The name “Randoli” refers to palanquins on which the consorts of Kandy kings traditionally used to travel.
The beginning and end of each perahera is signalled by a cannon shot. After approximatele half or two thirds of the parade with dozens of adorned elephants, the relic casket of the replica of the Tooth Relic can be seen on the biggest and best illuminated tusker, flanked by two smaller elephants. This is not at all the end of the parade. The Buddhist Tooth Relic will be followed by processions of Kandy’s four Hindu Devales. The first one is of Natha, a regional god of the highland area in and around Kandy, who is also venerated as a Bodhisattva, a future Buddha. The second is Vishnu, his manifestation on Sri Lanka is called Upulvan, symbolized by blue colour. The third is Kataragama, the local form of Skanda or of the Tamil Murugan, his colour is read, and this god`s parade is the noisiest and wildest. The last part of the Perahera is the parade of Pattini, the female goddess of fertility.
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Kandy Esala Perahera 2014 04th Randoli
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Esala Perahera -Annual festival and pageant in Kandy, Sri Lanka.
Also known as the -The Festival of the Tooth. It is a grand festival celebrated with elegant costumes & held in July/August in Kandy (Hill Capital) Sri Lanka.
Film produced by Dr. Harold Gunatillake- 26 minutes
Kandy Esala Perahera -Drummers
Esala Perahera | Kandy | Sri Lanka
The Esala Perahera in Kandy is one of the oldest and grandest of all Buddhist festivals in Sri Lanka, featuring dancers, jugglers, musicians, fire-breathers, and lavishly decorated elephants. This is held in Esala (July or August) which is the month that is believed to commemorate the first teaching given by the Buddha after he attained enlightenment. The Kandy Esala Perahera lasts for ten days while various festivities can be witnessed right throughout. The Sinhalese term ‘Perahera’ means a parade of musicians, dancers, singers, acrobats and various other performers accompanied by a large number of caparisoned Tuskers and Elephants parading the streets in celebration of a religious event.
The Esala Perahera in Kandy is celebrated to honour the Sacred Tooth Relic and the four ‘guardian’ Gods Natha, Vishnu, Kataragama and Goddess Pattini. The Kandy Maligawa Perahera is followed in order by those of the Natha, Vishnu, Kataragama and Pattini ‘Devales’ (Temples dedicated to these Gods) which are situated in the vicinity of the Kandy Maligawa (Temple of the Tooth).
Esala Perahera - Sri Lanka - Kandy
Esala Perahera festival - Sri Lanka - Kandy
Train ride from Ella to Kandy and the Perahera festival
Visiting Srilanka? Thinking of taking the famous train? Go in the direction from Ella to Kandy because the crowds are much smaller. And when in Kandy visit the festival Perahera in Kandy.
Esala Perahera - festival Kandy
Esala Perahera - festival Kandy
Festival Esala Perahera de Kandy, Sri Lanka
Festival bouddhiste de Kandy - août 2016
Esala Perahera , Kandy Sri Lanka
Make a date with Sri Lanka on the wings of SriLankan Airlines to witness this world famous pageant held in the hill capital city of Kandy in August each year that is a must see for any travel enthusiast.