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)