Sri Lankan Doby Community
Paradise Place: Colombo’s Last Surviving Dhobi Community
Two things stood out to me in the locale known as ‘Paradise Place’. The first is the massive kovil, tucked away in what could easily be mistaken for a part of Jaffna but is in fact in the middle of Kotahena and Panchikawatte. The second is the hundreds of clothing lines pulled across a field, with scores of colourful garments of varying kinds and styles, hanging, drying, and wafting in the breeze.
Pictures for Roar (Sri Lankan Doby Community)








