Diya Kepeema

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Diya Kepeema is a traditional Sri Lankan water-cutting ritual performed at the conclusion of the Kandy Esala Perahera to symbolically purify and bless the land and its people.

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Label Occurrences
Diya Kepeema canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (29)

Predicate Object
instanceOf religious ceremony ⓘ
ritual ⓘ
traditional practice ⓘ
associatedWith Kandy Esala Perahera ⓘ
linked to: Esala Perahera
country Sri Lanka ⓘ
culture Sri Lankan culture ⓘ
etymology Sinhala term meaning water-cutting ⓘ
linked to: Sinhala
hasRitualType water-cutting ceremony ⓘ
heritageStatus intangible cultural heritage of Sri Lanka ⓘ
languageOfName Sinhala ⓘ
linkedFestival Esala Perahera ⓘ
performedAtEndOf Kandy Esala Perahera ⓘ
linked to: Esala Perahera
performedBy Buddhist clergy ⓘ
ritual specialists ⓘ
performedFor prosperity of the people ⓘ
well-being of the country ⓘ
performedIn Kandy ⓘ
Sri Lanka ⓘ
purpose blessing of the land ⓘ
blessing of the people ⓘ
symbolic purification ⓘ
relatedTo Temple of the Tooth Relic ⓘ
linked to: Temple of the Tooth
religion Buddhism ⓘ
symbolism fertility of the land ⓘ
protection ⓘ
purification ⓘ
timeOfYear Esala month ⓘ
July–August ⓘ
usesElement water ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Esala Perahera → concludingRitual → Diya Kepeema ⓘ