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Dahawal Perahera Friday 2:18 PM — last look at elephants in daylight before we go?

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Henrik Olsen30•217 rep

Elder with a stick, we can pay a bit more. Dahawal Perahera is listed 2:18 PM on Friday 28 Aug. Festival ends after that. Last look at elephants in daylight before we go. Standing three hours on kerb stone is not a flex in this family.

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Local from the lake side: listed 2:18 PM for Dahawal Perahera is when they start leaving the Maligawa, not when the tusker fills Heerassagala stay-and-tuk. Drums first, then dancers, then the heavy bit. If you want kerb, four is early-Kumbal sane and late-Randoli mandatory. Dahawal is the day procession at 2:18 PM, not a night replay. Kinder for kids and elders, harsher sun. No Saturday Kandy restart after it. Then tea, then the room.

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Chathura Madawala•237 rep

We did 3rd Kumbal from a different corner and then Final Randoli from Heerassagala stay-and-tuk. Not the same night. Listed 6:43 PM and they were still lining up. We should have bought water before we sat. Meeting pin in writing, not a WhatsApp voice note you cannot hear.

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Henrik Larsen31•197 rep

If the elder already said no to standing, that is the answer. Pay a balcony or skip Dahawal Perahera and do Dahawal at 2:18 PM on the 28th in daylight. Pride is not a viewing plan. Poncho in the daypack even if the sky looks smug.

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