[An Historical Relation Of The Island Ceylon In The East Indies by Robert Knox]@TWC D-Link bookAn Historical Relation Of The Island Ceylon In The East Indies PART III 59/205
And so the Ceremony is ended for that year. This Festival of the Gods taking their Progress thro the City, in the year 1664.
the King would not permit to be performed; and that same year the Rebellion happened, but never since hath he hindred it. At this time they have a Superstition, which lasteth six or seven days, too foolish to write; it consists in Dancing, Singing, and Jugling.
The reason of which is, lest the eyes of the People, or the Power of the Jacco's, or Infernal Spirits, might any ways prove prejudicial or noisom to the aforesaid Gods in their Progress abroad.
During the Celebration of this great Festival, there are no Drums allowed to be beaten to any particular Gods at any private Sacrifice. [The Feast in November.] In the Month of November the Night when the Moon is at the Full, there is another great solemn Feast, called in their Language Cawtha Poujah.
Which is celebrated only by lighting of Lamps round about the Pogada.
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