NO. 61. — 1908.] KANDYAN MUSIC. 



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This is sung when the " Hawadi-danga " is danced. Nine 

 cords of equal length and thickness are taken together. One 

 end of the nine cords is fixed to a pole about eight feet high 

 from the ground. Nine dancers take part in the dance , each 

 taking hold of one of the cords at the loose end. The move- 

 ments of the dance are so arranged that after the performance 

 the cords will be found to have formed into a " hawadiya" 

 chain. The formation of the loops and knots is regular, and 

 their number and the space between each loop equal, 



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By a neglected mistress addressed to her lover. 



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To her heartless lover, by a lady who says she is always in 

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Describes the wholesale slaughter of enemies in a battle at 

 a place called Pannara, during the wars between the Sinhalese 

 and Portuguese. 



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