Pirith Pinkama.....

Last weekend was a tough one for me. I hadn't been able to sleep, that's why..... Anyway last Friday and Saturday nights I attended two Pirith events that took place in two of my friends houses. In there I met some of my old friends. As usual, these kind of events, we use them to meet each other, although the pinkama meant to be totally religious.

Following are some of the pics I took during those days.......

This is the Pirith Mandape, the place where bhikkus get in and chant pirith. They do it all through the night, starting at 9.00 pm, till next morning, probably around 6.00 am. Of course not by single person, they have a cycle. At first they start the pirith with at least 8 and to continue it, they use 2 at a time. Both of them chant pirith for one and half hours and give the position to another two to continue. This goes on until dawn.
So the others who are there to listen pirith have to support them in any case. We, the boys, mainly control the transpotation of bhikkus from temple to the house and vice versa. But we had the time to chat......

Here are two of my friends, (from left) Chamal and Chinthana malli.

There were some people who couldn't resist the temptation of eating although we had a very heavy dinner........ and some can't help with the sleep. He likes to sleep on any place......

This is (from left) Pic.1: Amal and Charith...... Oh boy, they eat a lot.......
and Pic.2: Kumudu (Richa), deeply in sleep........

But above all I had 2 great, memorable days. It's good to meet the old friends........

(from left) Hashika, Richa(Kumudu) and me

So as a result of not having sleep, I slept continuously for 15 hours (oh my god, I can't believe it, from 3.00 pm to 6.00 am) last Sunday and recover myself....... Phew, that's a relief.....