Lightbox
Email
- Description: The traditional Gam-maduwa or village hut ceremony, usually held after the harvest of crops, is dedicated to Goddess Pattini, the most popular south Indian female deity worshiped by Sinhala Buddhists. It takes place in an enclosure surrounding a palm thatched hut. A portion of first harvested crop or fruit is offered to the Goddess for prosperity and to ward off misfortune and diseases. A gam-maduwa has many interludes dramatized mainly from rich legendary lore about the goddess Pattini. At present Gam-mduwa is held in rare occasions, therefore it draws visitors even from other villages. Mukalana, Colombo, Sri Lanka. August 12, 2007.
- Credits: Abu - (Bangladesh) Ala/Majority World
- Keywords: altar, asia, belief, buddhism, buddhists, ceremony, coconut palm, color, colour, community, countries, country, country, countryside, cultural, culture, daily life, decorate, decorating, developing, enclosure, event, faith, farmers, festival, gammaduwa, horizontal, hut, incense sticks, lamps, leaves, life, majority world, males, men, mukalana, night, pattini, peasant, people, prepare, preparing, religion, ritual, rural, smoke, south asia, sri lanka, srilankans, thatched, third world, tradition, traditional, village, village hut, work, working, worship
- Added: Aug 24, 2016
- Created: Aug 11, 2007
- Filename: MWC020277.jpg
- Colors:
- Pixels: 3504x2336
- Filesize: 3.84MB
- Photographer: Abu Ala Russel
- Owner: Abu Ala Russel
- Similar Media
- Comments
- Member Tags
- IPTC
- EXIF
- Share
Add Tag:
- Description: The traditional Gam-maduwa or village hut ceremony, usually held after the harvest of crops, is dedicated to Goddess Pattini, the most popular south Indian female deity worshiped by Sinhala Buddhists. It takes place in an enclosure surrounding a palm thatched hut. A portion of first harvested crop or fruit is offered to the Goddess for prosperity and to ward off misfortune and diseases. A gam-maduwa has many interludes dramatized mainly from rich legendary lore about the goddess Pattini. At present Gam-mduwa is held in rare occasions, therefore it draws visitors even from other villages. Mukalana, Colombo, Sri Lanka. August 12, 2007.
- Date Created: 0000-00-00 00:00:00
- :
- Copyright Notice: Copyright Majority World
- Filename: MWC020277.jpg
- File Date/Time: 1471649447
- File Size: 4024404
- File Type: 2
- Mime Type: image/jpeg
- Sections Found: ANY_TAG, IFD0, EXIF
- Image Description: The traditional Gam-maduwa or village hut ceremony, usually held after the harvest of crops, is dedicated to Goddess Pattini, the most popular south Indian female deity worshiped by Sinhala Buddhists. It takes place in an enclosure surrounding a palm that
- Make: Canon,Canon
- Model: Canon EOS 30D,Canon EOS 30D
- XResolution: 300/1
- YResolution: 300/1
- Resolution Unit: 2
- YCbCr Positioning: 1
- Exif IFD Pointer: 808
- FNumber: 4/1
- ISO Speed Ratings: 400
- Exif Version: 0230
- Date/Time Original: 2007:08:11 20:01:14
- Components Configuration:
- Shutter Speed Value: 0/1
- Flash Pix Version: 0100
- Color Space: 65535