Getting ready for New Year

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People were seen buying clay pots to boil milk and prepare milk rice on January 1, 2021. The New Year is celebrated with boiling milk in a clay pot symbolizing prosperity, as milk spills over from all sides of the pot. Pix by Nimalsiri Edirisinghe

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Getting ready for New Year

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