From Malay Pickle to Mulligatawny
The Taste of Harmony
Food as the unifying ingredient in the multicultural, multilingual and multi religious island of Sri Lanka
11.03.2020 |
Kalutara
From Malay Pickle to Mulligatawny, food has been the one unifying ingredient in the multicultural, multilingual and multi religious island of Sri Lanka. It boasts and burps of dishes that blurred its divisive lines to a communal hub of street-food joints, snack shops and coastal cuisines. This story captures the everyday interactions of people from all walks of life, with the aim to show that if there can be comfort when it comes to food, why can’t it broaden to all other interactions?
From the road across the church spire to the fishermen by the sea. We all enjoy a good cup of tea.
From vadais at vegetarian kadeys, to fancy boutique hotel kitchen dosais.
From the shrines side by side in each market place you go to
You’d buy from them alike, be it Christian, Buddhist or Hindu
We are constantly mingling freely with people of different races and faiths.
The question is why does this easy comfort disappear when it doesn’t involve food on your plates?
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