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Symbolic of the political situation in Sri Lanka is this event at the traditional New Year celebrations held by the Central Cultural Fund and Sigiriya hoteliers in Sigiriya on Friday. Involved in the tug o’ war is an elephant on one side, and a host of others on the other. Pic by Kanchana Kumara Ariyadasa.

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