Sri Lankan World Heritage Information

Sri Lanka is a very rich country of cultural diversity. This is a asian country which consists of three ethnic groups called Sinhalese, Tamils and Muslims. At the same time Sri Lankan culture is nourished with the effect of Buddhism, Hinduism and Islam. Specially, cultural tour to Sri Lanka would find over 2000 years of Buddhist Cultural heritage. There are eight ancient UNESCO heritage sites in Sri Lanka. Travel to Sri Lanka is not a big issue due to the availability of cheap holiday deals.

Cheap holidays to Sri Lanka offer much more value for travelers money. Food and Accommodation are easily available throughout the country. There are number of lodging and transport can be found on the internet and local newspapers. Holiday deals are vastly updated in web sites. All inclusive holiday deals across a huge selection of fantastic destinations are very favourable among cultural tourists. Tourist can arrive the country through Colombo Bandaranayake International airport or Mattala International airport.

Kandy Esala Perahara is held annually to pay homage to the Sacred Tooth Relic of Lord Buddha.This annual festival brings outlot of elegant costumes is held in month of August every year in Kandy. Kandy Esala Perahara has colorful dances such as fire-dances, whip-dances, Kandyan dances and various other cultural dances along with Elephant march. Apart from Kandy Esala Perahara UNESCO has been declared another seven world heritage sites in Sri Lanka.Anuradhapra sacred city , Polonnaruwa ancient city and Galle old city are some of them. These World heritage sites are open to locals and tourists throughout the year. There are lot of festivals around the UNESCO heritage sites in Sri Lanka. Buddhist flower pooja and kap ruk pooja are common on poya days. Cultural festivals of Hindus like Thai Pongal and Mahasivarathri day are beautiful festivals in Sri Lanka.

Cultural tour to Sri Lanka can obtain specifically the lifestyle of the people in those geographical areas, the history of those people, their art, architecture, religion(s), and other elements that helped shape their way of life. Cultural tour to Sri Lanka includes travel of both rural and urban areas particularly historic or large cities and their cultural facilities such as museums and theatres in Kandy , Anuradhapura and Polonnaruwa ancient cities of Sri Lanka.

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