Crowd is not moving and it has been 40 minutes since the last drum - is this the drain or a second loop
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Niall Keane•229 rep•29
We thought it was over. Then a whip somewhere up Raja Veediya. Nobody is letting us cross. Is Kumbal a single pass or did we stand on the wrong side of a return.
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Niall Keane•229 rep•24 Answers from travellers
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Official 4th Kumbal route is Maligawa → Dalada Veediya → Katugodalla Veediya → Raja Veediya → back to the Maligawa. It is a loop, so the same procession returns. If you stood on a corner of the loop you may see it twice - outbound colour, inbound relic. 40 minutes of "nothing" in the middle is normal. Do not cross the road because you are bored.
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Mahesha Dissanayake•1840 rep•15
We saw it going and coming Wednesday. The coming-home bit is the one people film.
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