Face of affliction
"A MIDNIGHT ceremony. Crowds milling, bodies slick with sweat in the tropical night. Torches lining an earthen arena. A patient is dazed with illness, propped on a low seat. The rhythmic beat of drums. The smell of smoking resin. A figure enters, back first and the rhythm of the drums changes, intensifies. The figure whirls and the patient is suddenly presented with the face of his tormentor!"
(Classical Masks of Sri Lanka
The Yakun Natima – devil dance ritual of Sri Lanka)
The Yakun Natima – devil dance ritual of Sri Lanka)
