Festivals & Events in Kandy

Festivals and Events in Kandy

August Moon or Kandy Perahera festival is one of the most important festivals in Kandy. The festivities include a impressive medieval day parade that is held of 10 nights, which climaxes with the Kandyan dancers and drummers dressed in colourful traditional held in Kandy where a spectacular medieval day pageant is held for 10 nights climaxing with the Kandyan dancers and drummers dressed in colourful traditional clothes. The whole experience with Kandyan Chieftains dressed in medieval court dress, more than one hundred richly decorated elephants, torch bears is a sight that is not to be missed.