New Year in Sri Lanka
For those of you who don't know Sri Lanka celebrates it's New Year in April. From the 12th of April the country goes on a go slow as the New Year festivities kick in. Sri Lanka has a large Buddhist community and so follows the Buddhist New Year on the 13th April, known as the Sinhala and Tamil New Year. The President sends out a very nice message to all mobile phones and the country goes into party mode.Sri Lankans love to party especially at New year, the men in particular love to sing and dance and of course drink bottles and bottles of Arrack or the terrible but potent and illegal kassipu (moonshine), a very nasty drink that is sure to help you go blind, you can read more about this HERE in Backpacking Sri Lanka.
Transport cannot be relied on 100% during the party season so double check all arrangements during festive times. Most holidays in Sri Lanka result in a ban on alcohol sales which can be a big pain if your looking for that nice cool beer or a nice cold cocktail to cool you down. Fortunately party season ends very shortly!
This New Year brings with it the Monsoon rains and although very welcome it is likely to mean that travel especially tours in tuk-tuks might not go as planned!
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