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The children wanted to learn more about Kudawella and their traditions. They came up with the idea of having their own wedding celebration. These pictures tell the story of great team work leading to their fantastic wedding with 60 guests including Mr Jackson, Mrs Ling and Mrs Hardwicke. The whole class worked extremely hard to make it a great day and the adults were very impressed with their commitment to the project.
The children prepared wedding gifts of pictures of hearts and fowers using dried lentils carefully placed in patterns.
This group worked together to paint and build an elephant out of recycled materials.
Buddhist temples have beautiful symmetrical patterns. The children carefully selected coloured pencils to shade their patterns to decorate the wedding ceremony place.
These children had to plan what they would say at the wedding and practise using clear and confident voices.
The drummers formed two groups. Each group developed a different rhythm that they practised until their hands hurt.
The wedding cake was decorated with beautifuly coloured fondant flowers.
Children put to good use all the cooking skills they had learned during the year. They peeled, chopped finely and then arranged salads to make symmetrical dishes.
Onions were chopped, lentils and coconut added to make an authentic sri lankan dahl; one spicey and for the more cautious one without spices.
The Powura or wedding arch was decorated with lotus flowers.
The guests were formally welcomed to the wedding celebration. We were lucky that a kind parent brough in a pretty tree and table decorations, as well as two specially made chairs with covers for the bride and groom.
The drumming group listened carefully to each other to keep time as they entertained the guests.
The dance group had put together their own dance carefully showing the traditional sri lankan style of dance with their hands and body shapes. The girls danced to the music of the chimebars played beautifully.
The final part of the opening entertainment was a different drumming group who also impressed the guests with their rhythm.
The 'priest' married the bride and groom beneath the poruwa. A coconut was smashed and water and rice shared to bring the couple many children and a happy life together.
The bride and groom travelled by elephant along the sand.
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