Badulla, capital city of Uva Province at Sri Lanka. Temple Bouddhique à Badoula. Sketches of Ceylon.
A small Buddhist temple in Badulla, Uva Province, Sri Lanka.
Tag: Sri Lankan customs
Traditional Sri Lankan dress, culture and customs of the various regions.
Coffee planter in Laymastotte at the foot of bold crags. Sri Lanka 19th c..
The bungalow of Mr. Crüwell, a coffee planter in Laymastotte near Happootella-pass, which has been built in a very picturesque situation at the foot of bold crags.
Sri Lanka. A morning walk on the Road near point de Galle.
Nothing can be more charming than a morning walk in the immediate neighborhood of Galle. Sketches of Ceylon.
Sri Lanka Tamils. Portraits of two malabar girls in their traditional costume.
Portraits of two malabar girls of Si Lanka. Malabar (Malayalam) is a region in India of today’s state of Kerala.
Young Sinhalese women picking coffee, performed in Colombo.
The Plate represents three Sinhalese girls from 13 to 16 years of age, employed in coffee picking.
Sinhalese coolies from Matura, Sri Lanka.
A group of Sinhalese coolies from Matura, employed on the coffee estate of Laymastotte.
Corpse incineration. La Crémation dans l’Inde. Sri Lanka 1895.
A Hindu priest, brahmane takes the traditional burial rite. La Crémation dans l’Inde.
The Sinhalese dress in a sarong, which is formed of a long piece of cloth.
The Sinhalese men dress in a comboy (sarong or amude), which is formed of a long piece of cloth, sewn together at the two ends.
The Queen of Kandy, Sri Lanka.
The Queen of Kandy, Sri Lanka. The Sri Lanka, Sinhalese nobel women wears the traditional Kandyan dress (Osaria). Source: The Oriental Annual, or Scenes in India. Comprising twenty-five engravings from original… Read More
Ceylon. A Female Peasant, 18th century.
A Female Peasant of Ceylon, 18th century. From the book: The Oriental Annual, or Scenes in India. Comprising twenty-five engravings from original drawings by William Daniell, R.A. and a descriptive… Read More