The pair of Kingfishers. Male on the left & female on the right.

SRI LANKA PHOTOS

Farmers pick their crops at night and take them straight to market.

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David Allan Easton

Photographs Sri Lanka

Markets

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Market Traders waiting for business to begin.
The Central Wholesale Market, Dambulla.

I n Sri Lanka, most people buy garden produce from a Pola (public market). The Central Wholesale fruit and vegetable market for the country is at Dambulla, near the base of the rock with the famous Ancient Buddhist painted cave temples.

The early-morning atmosphere in the wholesale market is bustling, yet faces are strained and conversation is stilted until the first customers arrive and trading starts. Then the phones and smiles come out as the bargaining and banter begin.

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Capsicums (māḷu miris) and drumsticks (muruṁgā), Dambulla Market, Sri Lanka.
Trader waiting for the start of business at Dambulla Market (Pola), Sri Lanka.
Delivery of Drumstick Pods (muruṁgā) at Dambulla Market, Sri Lanka.
Start of the Business day at Dambulla Market (Pola), Sri Lanka.

Sense the tension in the air, before the start of trading.

The start of trading is the beginning of a long morning at Dambulla Market, and everyone is eager to get down to business.

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Neatly packed and stacked produce at Dambulla Market, Sri Lanka.

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Business calls at Dambulla Market, Sri Lanka.
Business woman makes a purchase at Dambulla Market (Pola), Sri Lanka.
Snack Bar at Dambulla Market, Sri Lanka.
Kesel geḍi (Bananas) at Dambulla Market, Sri Lanka.
Traders units at Dambulla Market, Sri Lanka.
A mixture of up-country and low-country produce at Dambulla Market, Sri Lanka.
Everything is wholesale at Dambulla Market (Pola), Sri Lanka.
Truckful of Pumpkins, Dambulla Market (Pola), Sri Lanka.

Special delivery of Kohlrabi (nokohl), Dambulla Market, Sri Lanka.

Sri Lanka. So much more than you can see in a lifetime.