Sanni Yakuma information

Sanni yakuma, sometimes known as Daha ata sanniyas, is a traditional Sinhalese exorcism ritual. The ritual consists of 18 masked dances, each depicting a particular illness or ailment affecting humans. These 18 dances are the main dances of the Pahatharata, or low country, dancing form, which is one of the three main dancing forms of Sri Lanka.^[1][2] The ritual calls the demons who are thought to affect the patient, who are then told not to trouble humans and banished.^[3]