Dilsara & Alessia: The Beauty of Sri Lanka Tradition

Dilsara & Alessia

I want to start this new year in the name of beauty.

As a good omen.

Therefore, thanks to my dear friend Bianca Dilrukshi, we have organized this simple photo session in her garden.

 

Dilsara and Alessia are two sisters born in Rome, but from Wennappuwa in Sri Lanka.

I met Dilsara during “Miss Sri Lanka in Italy” in 2017, organized by Bianca with her “Shakthi Eventi”.

She is the older sister, more comfortable and confident in front of the camera, Alessia is much younger and – unlike the powerful face – she is more shy. Two beautiful styles of beauty and character in comparison.

 

We decided, now, to take some photos together.

As usual: Beauty and Tradition, to greet this 2020 in the best possible way.

Alessia wears the Osariya, the traditional Sri Lankan sari that is worn in central Sri Lanka, and Dilsara the normal sari.

 

Dilsara

 

Osariya is the national attire of Sri Lankan women. It is a blend of tradition and style; a simple cloth of six yards with a width of three feet with origins traced to the Kandyan Kingdom, yet its roots are in South India.

This sari is made up of four elements: the bodice called hattaya, the shawl that falls from the left shoulder behind the body called osari pota, the light skirt called neriya and the long skirt called osari paluwa.

 

Alessia

 

From Wikipedia:

Wennappuwa is a town in Puttalam District, North Western Province, Sri Lanka. It is 18 km away from the city of Negombo.
The village of Wennappuwa is mentioned in the Culavamsa as a small farming hamlet.
A church made of wattle and daub, consecrated to St. Joseph, was put up in Gangoda in 1850. Very Rev. Fr. Contentious Chounavel (OMI) a French Missionary and the founder of the church arrived at Wennappuwa between 1861 and 1863 A.D. 300 families lived there at the time. His intention was to gather those families whose faith was strong and visible, under one roof. The roads were coming up and he realized that a new church should be built by the main road in order to accommodate the growth.
The brother of Utuwankande Sura Saradiel of Mawanella lived with his family at Haldanduwana and learnt sculpture under Rev. Fr. Chounavel, the Parish Priest of Haldanduwana and a master of sculpture. The historical statue of St. Joseph on the front facade of the St. Joseph's Church Wennappuwa was sculpted by him.
The church (1880 AD), which is a symbol of unity and co-existence, stands by the Negombo-Chilaw main road.

“Shakthi Eventi” with Bianca Dilrukshi

Ostia.  ROME – 29 December, 2020 

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