Local and foreign delegates attending the international tea convention and exhibition organised by the Sri Lankan tea industry last week were invited to a party by the organisers with a strict "shirt and sarong" dress code. However, only a few turned up in sarong at the Mount Lavinia hotel beach. Pix by J. Weerasekera shows a foreigner dancing with a dance troupe and two others in a baila waltz!

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