A father and his child inside a passenger boat which runs between the pungudutivu and Nainativu ports in Jaffna-Sri Lanka.Daily hundreds of people travel between these islands to reach the famous Nagapooshani Amman Temple, and Naagavihara in Nainativu.
A fisherman walking at a beach through a small sand storm - Sri Lanka
A father and his child inside a passenger boat which runs between the pungudutivu and Nainativu ports in Jaffna-Sri Lanka.Daily hundreds of people travel between these islands to reach the famous Nagapooshani Amman Temple, and Naagavihara in Nainativu.
A jackfruit seller in a busy market in Jaffna peninsula - Sri Lanka.
A fisherman walking at a beach through a small sand storm - Sri Lanka
A kooththu performer dressed as a king is showing an aggresive stance.The trainer (kooththu master) usually stands at the center along with his team.They sing together, cheer-up the performers and even help the actors when the usual make-up faults happen.
A jackfruit seller in a busy market in Jaffna peninsula - Sri Lanka.
A lonely passenger inside the famous Yaldevi train in Sri Lanka
Kooththu performances gather a significant amount of people from the villages.Usually an open space of a bare land is selected, preferably near a Hindu temple.This is then converted into a kooththu theatre surrounding which the audience will sit and watch the performances for 3 to 5 hours.This time duration is considered one of the reason ,the kooththu became unpopular in this fast-paced world.It is usual to see few people asleep on the bare ground.
After decades long civil war in Sri Lanka, the lifes of people in the war affected areas are slowly returning back to the routine.This man, a betel nut and leaf seller, put up his own shop in a small market and mostly seen busy with cutting the nuts into pieces, which he will later sell along with few betel leafs in a pack called "kooru".
A kooththu performer dressed as a king is showing an aggresive stance.The trainer (kooththu master) usually stands at the center along with his team.They sing together, cheer-up the performers and even help the actors when the usual make-up faults happen.
Fishing Boats leaving the shore for fishing in Batticaloa sea during dusk.They will return next day with a big catch - Batticaloa , Sri Lanka
The village now gets the electricity even though the narrow muddy roads are usually soaked in darkness.The tradition still continues, where many villagers used to carry fire torches or electronic torches during the night times.It is more economical for them as most of them are generally poor farmers.Mobile phones would not work inside the village, except few CDMA phones.Only few families got the luxary to have them at their houses.
A lonely passenger inside the famous Yaldevi train in Sri Lanka
An old man reading a newspaper sitting near the posters related to communism, pasted on the wall of a ruined house in Jaffna - Sri Lanka
The village now gets the electricity even though the narrow muddy roads are usually soaked in darkness.The tradition still continues, where many villagers used to carry fire torches or electronic torches during the night times.It is more economical for them as most of them are generally poor farmers.Mobile phones would not work inside the village, except few CDMA phones.Only few families got the luxary to have them at their houses.
Kooththu performances gather a significant amount of people from the villages.Usually an open space of a bare land is selected, preferably near a Hindu temple.This is then converted into a kooththu theatre surrounding which the audience will sit and watch the performances for 3 to 5 hours.This time duration is considered one of the reason ,the kooththu became unpopular in this fast-paced world.It is usual to see few people asleep on the bare ground.
An old man reading a newspaper sitting near the posters related to communism, pasted on the wall of a ruined house in Jaffna - Sri Lanka
After decades long civil war in Sri Lanka, the lifes of people in the war affected areas are slowly returning back to the routine.This man, a betel nut and leaf seller, put up his own shop in a small market and mostly seen busy with cutting the nuts into pieces, which he will later sell along with few betel leafs in a pack called "kooru".
