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A river ceremony concludes the great procession
Kandy’s Esala Perahera in Sri Lanka honours the Sacred Tooth Relic. Its processions include drummers, dancers and elephants. The observances conclude with Diya Kepeema, a ceremony known as water-cutting, at the Mahaweli River.
The procession leads to a ritual at the river.
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