In the quiet embrace of the Galle Fort Art Gallery, words poured like warm tea steaming ... Their session Tea Stained Lines that included performing one folk song passed down through each generation ...

The songs are in English and Sinhalese ... Daytime cricket on the wide ramparts of the fort is a way of life here. Decidedly, Galle is a great place to celebrate the slow life.

Galle Fort, a Unesco World Heritage site on the southwest coast of Sri Lanka, is a beautiful and well preserved gateway to the country’s colonial past and cultural richness. Built by the ...

“No other place in the whole island represents the trouser-wearing, cricket-watching modern Sri Lankan like Galle Fort,” says tour guide Shanjei Perumal, founder of Galle Fort Walks. Perumal ...

Holding Fort: The Galle Fort was star-shaped as the strategy of the times demanded it. A star fort, or trace italienne, is a fortification designed to withstand cannon fire, when gunpowder became ...

Galle Fort will once again come alive with the buzz of literary chatter. Since its launch in 2007, the Galle Literary Festival has become one of South Asia’s most anticipated arts and culture events.