Elephants in drag, fireworks, pageantry and frenzied worship are all part of a land with a surfeit of celebrations.

Sri Lanka has more festival days than anywhere on earth. There is so much here to
enjoy it's no wonder the Lankans love to party. They have such a plethora of celebrations demanding ritual, religion, razzmatazz and pageantry, and enough elephants, drummers, dancers and temples as exotic backdrops.

The current calendar lists about 29 public holidays for the year but that only takes care of lhe elaborate religious holidays and feast days celebrated by the Buddhists, Hindus, Christians and Muslims.