It is particularly performed in Matara and Bentara areas where this ritual is performed in order to curb the barrenness and the expectation of fertility for young women (Fargnoli & Seneviratne 2021).

With the dawn of independence and the cultural renaissance that followed, the Ceylon Tamil Women’s Union launched the Kalalaya School of Dance and Music, on September 1, 1948. This “temple of art”, ...