Sri Lanka's grandest celebration, the Kandy Esala Perahera, takes place each year in the month of Esala (July or August). It is a ten day fest which ends on the night of the full moon with a procession of drummers, dancers and elephants led by the Palace Tusker, a giant dressed to the nines carrying a canopy which shelters a replica of the reliquary of Buddha's sacred tooth.
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