The back story 6
In-depth guides to Sri Lankan culture.
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The back story
Baila, Amaradeva and Manike Mage Hithe: Sri Lankan music
From the Portuguese-rooted dance rhythms of baila to the classical voice of Amaradeva and a song that went round the world in 2021.
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The back story
Duran Duran in Sri Lanka: the 1982 Rio videos
In April 1982 Duran Duran flew to Sri Lanka with director Russell Mulcahy and came home with three videos that helped make them stars on MTV.
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The back story
From Rekava to Cannes: Sri Lankan cinema
Lester James Peries, the realists of the 1970s, a Caméra d’Or winner and the stars Sri Lankans grew up with.
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The back story
Ondaatje, Karunatilaka and the Sigiri graffiti: Sri Lankan literature
Two Booker winners, a comic Burgher family saga, a poet of identity and the oldest poems on the island, scratched on a wall at Sigiriya.
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The back story
Rice and curry, hoppers and lagoon crab: the Sri Lankan table, the back story
From rice with a dozen curries to egg hoppers, kottu, lamprais and the crabs of the Negombo lagoon.
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The back story
The ’43 Group to the rainforest: Sri Lankan art
Ancient frescoes, a generation of modernists, a painter of rainforests and the galleries where you can see Sri Lankan art today.
