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Sri Lanka's capital comes to life as drummers and dancers escort brightly decorated elephants during an annual Buddhist pageant. Rough Cut (No reporter narration).
Sri Lanka's capital comes to life as drummers and dancers escort brightly decorated elephants during an annual Buddhist pageant. Rough Cut (No reporter narration).
Sri Lankans flock to Colombo to celebrate the annual Vesak festival, the most important religious festival for the island's majority Buddhists. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).
Tens of thousands of people line the streets of Sri Lanka's capital for an annual Buddhist pageant with hundreds of drummers and dancers escorted by decorated elephants. Mana Rabiee reports.
Colombo, Apr 26 (EFE/EPA).- Sri Lankan buddhist devotees took part Monday in religious observance on a full moon day at a temple in the suburb of Colombo.Buddhism is the official religion of the South Asian island nation and the majority of the island's population traditionally engages in religious observances on full moon days. (Camera: CHAMILA KARUNARATHNE).SHOT LIST:SRI LANKAN BUDDHIST DEVOTEES PRAY AND TAKE PART IN A RELIGIOUS OBSERVANCE ON A FULL MOON DAY AT A TEMPLE IN THE KELANIYA SUBURB OF COLOMBO, SRI LANKA.
U.S. President Barack Obama attends an outdoor arrival ceremony in heavy rain, as the first sitting U.S. president to visit Laos. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).