A travel diary of dance, folklore, and mythology.

Ceylon, or Sri Lanka, was long known to travellers for its luxuriant landscapes, colourful temples and friendly inhabitants – the island once named Serendip.

Despite the world-wide association of music and dance with religion, this is the first full-length study of the subject from a global perspective. The work cons

Sri Lanka has had a celebrated history, a long colonial past, and since independence in 1948 has passed through a series of crises and political experiments. It