Though this year's Vesak celebrations will be decidedly low-key owing to the COVID-19 outbreak, it hasn't detered street vendors making and selling Vesak lanterns and other decorations.
Our photographer took these images today in Colombo, where vendors are hard at work even in the midst of curfew.
Pix by Sameera Weerasekara
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