OneCeylon
beaches
All questions

Stilt guy at Weligama wants two thousand rupees to stand there for a photo - is that even a real fisherman

Seen by 78 travellers
Jump to the accepted answer
Y
Yucheng Lin•193 rep•1

Drove the south a few days ago. Three men on stilts in the shallows next to a parking bay, empty nets, waving us over. Instagram made it look like a living culture. Are we paying for a costume.

3
beachesculture

2 Answers from travellers

✓Accepted Answer

Traditional stilt fishing exists. What you met on the tourist strip is mostly a photo stand. They will pose, you pay, you leave. If that bothers you, do not stop. If you want the picture, agree a price before the shutter - a small note, not a speech about culture. Do not climb the stilt.

10
I
Isuranga Mendis•980 rep•1

We paid 1,000 LKR for two of us, felt silly, got the photo. Further east toward Koggala we saw one man who actually had fish. Rare.

5
J
Jiawei Lim•247 rep•1

You must be logged in to post an answer.

Log In to Answer

Related questions

Browse all questions