The Emporer’s New Clothes-Britpak Hunt The Jungle Physician In Sri Lanka
Posted: March 16th, 2011 | Author: Lucia | Filed under: Coverage, Information, Inspirational, Photography, Portrait, Pro Surfer, Srilanka, Surf, Uncategorized | 2 Comments »
Kataragama's spiritual traditions throughout Sri Lanka and South India
Words and Photos by LUCIA GRIGGI
Deep in the Forest of the remote island’s south-eastern jungle I’m hacking through the debris trying to find a legendary trail. For over centuries the native people have experienced the homeless life of a beggar, who trod this trail for over a millennium, leaving everything behind but a bundle of essentials.
Sleeping and living outside, under trees and in shrines and temples; seldom knowing from where their next meal will come; braving death from animal attacks or disease they walk. We walk alongside in order to find a wave. A few days earlier we had met a tuk tuk driver who used to carry back breaking loads of supplies along the path, he warmed me that time, animals, and invasive people may be intrusive to our pathway but there would be a rewarding empty wave to surf.
