{"id":7290,"date":"2018-07-27T12:27:28","date_gmt":"2018-07-27T12:27:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/partnerschoolsworldwide.co.uk\/uk\/?p=7290"},"modified":"2019-10-22T12:33:01","modified_gmt":"2019-10-22T12:33:01","slug":"weydon-2018-pera-hara-festival","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/partnerschoolsworldwide.co.uk\/uk\/2018\/07\/27\/weydon-2018-pera-hara-festival\/","title":{"rendered":"Day 5 &#8211; Pera Hara Festival"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>It\nwas an early start as today we are going to the the Pera Hera\nFestival, it\u2019s a Buddhist festival that happens when there is a new\nmoon and everyone gets the day off!  First, we went to the temple\nthat had an old tree in the centre and looked like it had been there\nforever, all around elephants were tied up they were wearing\nbeautifully embroidered and jewelled heavy costumes which covered\nthem completely. They did not look as well cared for as the elephants\nat MEF they looked hot and tired but were to be used in the parade\nlater. \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We\nqueued for the main temple, baskets of fruit bought by local people\nwere blessed, we paid a small donation and went into another chamber\nin the temple.  The rooms were decorated with images of Buddhas and\nhis words of wisdom. An old woman passed her fruit offerings to a man\nby the curtained doorway and suddenly a huge chant began. The fruit\nwas blessed and shared around. We then went in to a courtyard that\nhad one roomed Buddhist and Hindu temples. \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After\nwhich we walked around the parade, it was spectacular! There were\nelephants dressed in colourful fabrics with smartly dressed riders,\nmusic. drumming, singing and traditional male dancing and acrobats.\nThe parade moved through the town like a giant wave of life. On the\nway home the bus broke down as a rock jammed the wheel and no matter\nhow much our driver jabbed it with a stick it wasn\u2019t moving, so we\nwalked and walked back to MEF. When we got back, we did the elephant\nbeds and played lots of Sri Lankan games, including eating a sweet\noff a leaf on the floor and all of us playing tug of war with an\nelephant named Pooja, which was great fun. Obviously, Pooja won. but\nit didn\u2019t stop us trying.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/partnerschoolsworldwide.co.uk\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Sri-Lanka-Blog18-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7291\" srcset=\"https:\/\/partnerschoolsworldwide.co.uk\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Sri-Lanka-Blog18-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/partnerschoolsworldwide.co.uk\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Sri-Lanka-Blog18-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/partnerschoolsworldwide.co.uk\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Sri-Lanka-Blog18-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/partnerschoolsworldwide.co.uk\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Sri-Lanka-Blog18.jpg 1455w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/partnerschoolsworldwide.co.uk\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Sri-Lanka-Blog19-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7292\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"769\" src=\"https:\/\/partnerschoolsworldwide.co.uk\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Sri-Lanka-Blog20-1024x769.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7293\" srcset=\"https:\/\/partnerschoolsworldwide.co.uk\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Sri-Lanka-Blog20-1024x769.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/partnerschoolsworldwide.co.uk\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Sri-Lanka-Blog20-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/partnerschoolsworldwide.co.uk\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Sri-Lanka-Blog20-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/partnerschoolsworldwide.co.uk\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Sri-Lanka-Blog20.jpg 1159w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It was an early start as today we are going to the the Pera Hera Festival, it\u2019s a Buddhist festival that happens when there is a new moon and everyone gets the day off! 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