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Sri Lanka, Asia
Along Robert Road in Dehiwala, a suburb of Colombo, Sri Lanka, boys with decorated bicycles lead a procession of devotees, known as a “perahera.” Participants of this Buddhist ritual walk through their community to the local temple carrying baskets of flowers, cloth wicks and coconut oil to light lamps as offerings to Buddha and offerings of robes for the temple priests. This traditional ritual takes place throughout October and November, and the processions are usually arranged by a few families who live on the same street.
