Wooden Masks are produced mainly in the South western coastal belt of Sri Lanka. Of all the areas of the South-western coastal belt, the city of Ambalangoda has a long heritage in the specialized handicraft of producing Wooden Masks in a wide range of siz ...
දකුණු - බස්නාහිර පළාත, ශ්රී ලංකාව
Lace making is not an indigenous art that was pioneered by the Portuguese in the 16th century. It began in the South-western coastal areas, especially around Galle and was practiced by the Dutch ladies during the Dutch colonial era. Later the Sinhalese la ...
Sri Lanka’s Jewellery is of superior craftsmanship that competes on the international level bringing in foreign revenue into the country. Sri Lanka has two traditions in designing jewellery: Galle Low Country Traditional also called Western Traditional a ...
ශ්රී ලංකාව, ශ්රී ලංකාව
Reed and rush ware products are made of materials processed of talipot or thalakola, coconut and palmyrah leaves, cane and bamboo. Among the handcrafted products are table mats, cane furniture, mats, bags, purses, baskets, hats, boxes, lamp shades, kitche ...
ශ්රී ලංකාව, ශ්රී ලංකාව
Since the ancient times, Mat weaving used to be practiced by rural women at home while their husbands were away at work in paddy fields or Chena cultivation in Sri Lanka. Today, mat weaving is a popular cottage industry with established sales outlets aro ...
ශ්රී ලංකාව, ශ්රී ලංකාව
Handloom textiles are produced in Sri Lanka within the confines of a small-scale industry that generate employment to rural women. Among the Handloom textiles produced are household linen such as bedclothes and towels, upholstery materials, furnishing mat ...
ශ්රී ලංකාව, ශ්රී ලංකාව
Batik is of Indonesian roots, yet in Sri Lanka, the craft has developed into a unique style to produce shirts, sarongs, dresses, shorts, wall hangings, cushions covers, bed hangers and a multitude of décor items. Batik handicraft products are of distincti ...
මහනුවර පළාත, ශ්රී ලංකාව
Lacquer work is Sri Lanka handicraft is from the Kandyan provinces. Lac is a resin secreted from the bark of certain trees that have been infested with the Lac beetle. The resin is scraped from the bark, melted and strained. While the Lac is soft, pigment ...
ශ්රී ලංකාව, ශ්රී ලංකාව
Handicraft of metal cutwork involves cutting the design onto a flat sheet of metal first and embellishing the work by engraving, hatching or Repose secondly. This method is adopted mainly in production of metalwork such as trays and plaques. In Repose me ...
ශ්රී ලංකාව, ශ්රී ලංකාව
Coconut oil lamps, pots, bowls, vases, wall plaques, trinket boxes and other household utensils are made with cast technique. Brass Castings are done by the “lost wax” method: the model is sculpted in wax, covered with clay, and baked so that the wax is m ...
මහනුවර පළාත., ශ්රී ලංකාව
Brassware is produced in two main techniques: wrought and cast. Bowls, tea services, trays, and ornamental ware as well as decorative ware are produced in wrought technique.
ශ්රී ලංකාව, ශ්රී ලංකාව
Sri Lanka has a long tradition in metalwork. Metal work is produced with the whole range of metals and alloys in Sri Lanka: gold, silver, brass, tin, lead and iron, as well as their various alloys, in all sorts of work ranging from ornamental casting and ...
මහනුවර, ශ්රී ලංකාව
Handicraft of woodcarving in Sri Lanka has a long history. The tradition of woodcarving in Sri Lanka is visible at Lankatilaka Temple and Ambakka Devale at Kandy. At these temples, miniature replicas of the low-relief wood carving done by the traditional ...
ශ්රී ලංකාව, ශ්රී ලංකාව
Pottery is the ceramic act of making pottery wares,[1] of which major types include earthenware, stoneware and porcelain. The place where such wares are made is also called a pottery (plural "potteries"). Pottery also refers to the art or craft of a potte ...
ශ්රී ලංකාව, ශ්රී ලංකාව
The history of Sri Lanka handicrafts runs to pre-history and its production with the exception of Jewellery is essentially a cottage industry: products are turned out making use of natural raw materials by means of time tested age-old techniques. The trad ...
පොළොන්නරුව, ශ්රී ලංකාව, ශ්රී ලංකාව
This vast water reservoir was built by King Parakramabahu-the Great(1153-1186). What you see today as the Parakrama Samudraya is only a part of his original creation. Parakrama Samudraya originally consisted of five large reservoirs separated by smaller d ...
පොළොන්නරුව, පොළොන්නරුව, ශ්රී ලංකාව
In Polonnaruwa to the north of the Pothgul Vehera is a granite boulder, adorned with a large statue. This is one of the finest statues in the Island and of which the height is 11 feet 6 inches. The historians and the archaeologists have not confirmed its ...
පොළොන්නරුව, පොළොන්නරුව, ශ්රී ලංකාව
Located on the Polonnaruwa ancient city complex, this gigantic uncompleted Stupa has been built by king Parakramabahu (1153-1186) using the labour of Tamil (Demala) prisoners brought from India when he attacked the Soli Kingdom in South India. For some re ...
පොළොන්නරුව, පොළොන්නරුව, ශ්රී ලංකාව
Next to the Lankatilaka is the Kiri Vihara the best preserved of Polonnaruwa's stupas. Aptly this large Dagoba’s whitewashed plaster has survived seven centuries of abandonment to the jungle between the collapse of the Polonnaruwa kingdom and its rediscov ...
පොළොන්නරුව, පොළොන්නරුව, ශ්රී ලංකාව
A conspicuous landmark, this is the tallest of the buildings north of the city walls and was the meeting hall of the Buddhist Bhikkhus (monks) of the monastery complex.