Разделение Воды

Sri Lankans believe that the water collected at the diya kaepima (water-cutting) ceremony is sacred and to touch this water or to bathe in it is considered particularly efficacious to remove evil. Therefore people collect at a spot just below the site of water-cutting to allow the sacralized water to touch their half-naked bodies already immersed in water.

This is especially true of the water cutting ceremonies at Kataragama. The water-cut­ting ceremony at the Menik Ganga is particularly interesting because it is shared both by the Buddhists and the Hindus.