fire ball dancers perform along a street of kandy in sri lanka during the esala perahera (great procession

people fire dance festival flame culture ritual tradition dancer traditional cultural ancient performance torch asia festivals kataragama perahera kandy temple religion lanka buddhism tourism buddhist famous esala ceylon travel decoration celebration history buddha heritage sri parade srilanka ceremonial celebrate flames religious historical unesco attraction city fortress drummer lankan performer relic ball dancers perform street great procession august 2023