A short Sinhala-language title from Godage International Publishers, written by Buddhi Pathum Jayasanka Silva. The title translates roughly as the old mantra and charm practices of the south of Sri Lanka — the spoken formulae, ritual words and folk craft associated with the southern districts.
The text is entirely in Sinhala, with no English translation or parallel text. Readers who do not read Sinhala script will not be able to use it, and it is worth being clear about that before ordering from outside Sri Lanka.
Godage is an established Colombo publishing house issuing books in Sinhala and English across general and cultural subjects, and much of what it prints on folk tradition circulates mainly within Sri Lanka. For buyers abroad, that is the usual reason for seeking a copy through a Sri Lankan seller rather than a local bookshop.
It will suit Sinhala readers with an interest in southern folk ritual and oral tradition, students of Sri Lankan folklore working in the original language, and collectors building a shelf of Sinhala material on charms, incantation and village practice.
- Author: Buddhi Pathum Jayasanka Silva
- Publisher: Godage International Publishers
- Language: Sinhala
- Pages: 56
- ISBN: 9786240001144
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