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Dahawal Perahera Friday 2:18 PM — same streets as night or a different path?

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Noah Weber111•190 rep

We are in Kandy and this is eating the group chat. Dahawal Perahera is listed 2:18 PM on Friday 28 Aug. Festival ends after that. Same streets as night or a different path. Partner says wait, I say move. Need a lived answer from someone who actually stood it, not a brochure.

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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 Asgiriya-side last drop. 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. Leave a margin for the walk back.

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Upul Ranasinghe•210 rep

We did 3rd Kumbal from a different corner and then Final Randoli from Asgiriya-side last drop. Not the same night. Listed 6:43 PM and they were still lining up. We should have bought water before we sat. Water in the bag beats a maybe stall.

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Noah Baumann115•250 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. Call the desk before you guess a late checkout.

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