CultureTV's video: Ancient Depanama Ganegoda Dewalaya Gini Maduwa The Fire Walkers 2023

Dance with fire ash - Gini Maduwa ඓතිහාසික ගණේගොඩ දේවාලය දෙවොල් මඩුව හා ගිනි පෑගීම - Ancient Depanama Ganegoda Dewalaya at Pannipitiya [ Depanama Kataragama Devalaya Gini Pageema ] The Devol Madu Shanthikarmaya is a grand spectacle for both locals and visitors to Sri Lanka. This rural ritual, also known as Gam Maduwa, is designed to invoke the blessings of the Goddess Paththini, to bless the village with good health, fertility and a bountiful harvest. Performed in a wide enclosure under a full moon, the ritual is led by the Kapurala - a spiritual leader and healer - and followed by 40 performers including Yaka Beraya drummers, Gini Keliya fire dancers, and Devil Mask wearing performers representing the fearsome Mahasona and Eerie Yaka. Gini madu same as Gam madu or devol madu is a ritual performed by traditional Low country dancers in Sri Lanka. Madu or Maduwa is a place where these dancers praise Goddess Paththini to shower peace and prosperity to all countrymen. Moreover organizers and spectators believe that evil would be crushed and all hearts would be filled with good deeds. Dance schedule is called 'pelapaliya' and it is a list of dances. Some dancers wear traditional Sri Lankan masks made out of low weight wood and others wear elegant & bright dancing costumes. Yak bera devil's drum is a part of low country dancing form and a definite inclusion in a ritual like 'Madu'. Usually 'maduwa' is organized by a leading 'kapu mahattaya' or shaman of a Paththini shrine and sponsored by a prominent person or an organization in the area. 'Maduwa' as a low country ritual and 'Kohomba kankariya' as an Up-country event has lot of similarities. The classical dance forms are associated with performance of various rituals and ceremonies which are centuries old and are based on folk religion and folk beliefs going back to before the advent of Buddhism and its acceptance by the Sinhalese people in the 3rd century BC. These rituals and ceremonies reflect the values, beliefs and customs of an agricultural civilisation. Blessings of fertility and health Blessings of fertility and health The Devol Madu Shanthikarmaya is a grand spectacle for both locals and visitors to Sri Lanka. This rural ritual, also known as Gam Maduwa, is designed to invoke the blessings of the Goddess Paththini, to bless the village with good health, fertility and a bountiful harvest. ලෝකයේ මුල්ම ශක්ති ප්‍රභව දෙක විදියට ගින්දරට වගේම ජලයටත් සෑම රටකම මිනිසුන් වන්දනා කළා.පුද පූජා පැවැත්වුවා. කතරගම පෙරහැර මංගල්‍යය ආදී පෙරහැර මංගල්‍යවල අවසානයේදී ගිනි පෑගීම එක්තරා විදියකින් බැතිමතුන් දෙවියන්ට භක්තිය පෙන්වන්නට කරන චාරිත්‍රයක්. ගිනියම් වුණු අඟුර මත ඇවිද යන අයගේ පාද නොපිලිස්සීමට දෙවියන්ගේ හාස්කම් බලපාන බව පැවසේ. චිරාත් කාලයක සිට වාර්ෂිකව පවත්වාගෙන එන ඓතිහාසික ශ්‍රී ගණේගොඩ දේවාලයේ දොව‌ොල් මඩුව හා ගිනිමඩුව ද එවැනි හාස්කම්වලින් පිරිණු තැනක්. දෙපානම ගිනි මඩුවේ ද අලුයම ගිනි පෑගීමේ චාරිත්‍රය ඉතා වැදගත් අංගයක් ලෙස සැලකෙයි. පරම්පරා ගාණක සිට දෙපානම කතරගම දේවාලයේ ගිනි පෑගීම සිදු කෙරේ. 2023 මෙවර ගිනිමඩුවේ දක්නට ලැබුණු ඒවැනි අවස්ථාවකි. Ancient Depanama Ganegoda Dewalaya Gini Maduwa - https://youtu.be/ln43m9eqXVk “‘Gammadu’ or ‘Devolmaduwa’ is connected to the main devalaya and when it is done on the temple grounds it becomes ‘Devol Maduwa’. Giving priority to the occasion of the arrival of Pattini Halamba in the evening and giving the opportunity to seven people instead of one Pattini as ‘Pattini Maduwa’. At the time of the landing of the god Devol, the fire pit set up in front of Kadawatha was made in a very large size, and the shed where the people were placed and given priority to it was called the ‘Gini Maduwa’. 2019 දෙපානම ගිනිපෑගීම : Fire-walking in Sri Lanka to test one’s faith - https://youtu.be/9s8Xu5CoFxE Depanama Gini Maduwa - https://youtu.be/87zrxzvn8Xg 2020 Depanama Gini Maduwa (The Fire Walkers) - https://youtu.be/6dTuvDNnRHc 2020 - Devram Vehera Gini Maduwa - https://youtu.be/uVt11drU8yo #ගම්මඩු Festival, lanka, Lanka Traditional Dance, , , madu, Lanka, , , , dance, Dance, dance, lanka, dance, , , lanka Culture, , , chanel, youtube, club, , culture, traditional, me, , maduwa, dance, , mask, Mask _lanka කතරගම දේවාලයේ ගිනි පෑගීමේ අනුහස් ගිනි පෑගීමේ හාස්කම්