2008 Spring Program
2008 Spring Program
Photo Gallery
We'll add more photos here throughout the 2008 Spring ISLE program. Photos from the most recent program activities will be at the top of the page.
SESSION 1 and NORTHERN TOUR
Experiencing Polonnaruwa's eclectic religious culture at a Siva kovil (shrine)
on the Northern Tour.
The group atop Mihintale rock on the Northern Tour; Mihintale stupa in the background.
Chris tries his hand at grinding kurukkan grain in the eco-village.
Sam looks to the sky for answers in front of Anuradhapura's
enigmatic "star gate" inscription.
Aliya, Mr. Herath, Adam, and Sam during Sinhala class at the Tissawewa resthouse.
Mr. Herath conducts a mobile Sinhala class with Asteria en route to
Anuradhapura on the Northern Tour in Session 1.
ARRIVAL AND ORIENTATION
ISLE students make their way through one of Mr. Herath's Sinhala readings.
Sam and his mallis (younger brothers) are all smiles at the host-family tea.
Sam and Marjorie are showered in yellow flowers while walking from the university back to the
ISLE Center on the group's first day in Kandy.
John fills students in on the history of the University of Peradeniya in front of the Arts Faculty building during an orientation tour.
Arts Faculty dean and ISLE professor Tudor Silva welcomes this
spring's ISLE group to the University of Peradeniya.