A Sinhala-language volume from Godage International Publishers, gathering work by several contributors on the Sanni Yakuma and the Daha Ata Sanniya — the eighteen sanni of the low-country ritual tradition of Sri Lanka's southern and western coastal belt.
The subject sits where folk religion, traditional healing and performance meet. The Sanni Yakuma is one of the large ritual ceremonies of the low country, performed by drummers, dancers and reciters, and the eighteen sanni are the afflictions addressed within it, each with its own mask, verse and sequence of dance. It is material studied by people working on Sinhala ritual drama, mask carving, folk verse and indigenous medicine, and it remains a living tradition rather than a purely historical one.
This book is written entirely in Sinhala. There is no English text. Buyers outside Sri Lanka should be comfortable reading Sinhala script before ordering.
Of interest to Sinhala readers with a serious interest in the low-country ritual repertoire, to students and teachers of folklore and traditional performing arts, and to collectors building a Sinhala-language shelf on Sri Lankan ritual practice.
- Author: Multiple authors
- Publisher: Godage International Publishers
- Language: Sinhala
- Pages: 400
- ISBN: 9789553019165
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