I spent this years Vesak at BMICH, where the Light of Asia foundation together with the National Film Corporation and BMICH organized a Buddhist Film Festival for the second consecutive year. The aim of the festival was to showcase local and foreign films with a Buddhist theme. Anyone could walk in off the street and watch these films being shown on projectors at the BMICH grounds.
BMICH grounds at Twilight.
Decorations at the entrance
The crows move in.
Chief guest Chamal Rajapaksa inspects an exhibition by the Pakistani embassy on Buddhist stupas in Pakistan.
The Digital Pandal, set-up at the entrance.
People watching films on one of two projectors set up on Baugdhaloka mawatha.
Visitors to the festival watch films on the giant screens under a canopy.
People seated around the BMICH pond watching a movie.
The Bhakthigee stage.
The Bhakthigee troop from Dharmashoka Vidyalaya preparing for their performance.
Performance by the Peoples Bank Bhakthigee troop.
What’s Vesak without rain.
Photographs of Murals at the Kelaniya, Bellanwila and Gothamee Vihara on display.
An artists rendition of the ancient city of Kapilavastu.
The Maggie noodles van besieged by hungry visitors to the festival.
The Bombaimutai or Candyfloss seller.
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