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Due to cultural and ethnic diversity, there are always many events and festivals to experience and celebrate throughout the year in Sri Lanka. The festivals are usually colourful, loud and celebrated with ceremony and pomp. Many of the dates of the festivals change from year to year as they are based on the lunar or solar phases.

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February Festivals

National Day: flags fly tall and proud from every building and many homes for weeks before Sri Lankan’s national day. On the day itself there are parades, dances and games. National day is celebrated on the 4th of February each year.

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June Festivals

Poson Festival: is celebrated with processions and decorations in a myriad of bright colours and lights to remember the arrival of Buddhism to Sri Lanka in 3 BC.

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Kataragama: sees thousands of devotees praying to the God Skanda by piercing themselves with metal rods, carrying ‘kavadis’ (altars) and walking on hot burning coals.

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Christmas Day: is a Christian and Catholic celebrate the festival, although it is much quieter in Sri Lanka than it is in the western parts of the world.

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