The thunderous beats of the drums ring out in a relentless rhythm, echoing through the angam maduwa (practice pit), nestled between towering coconut trees and sheltered beneath an aluminium roof. It"s ...

The concept of ‘actor training’ or ‘performer training’ has developed through the modern era of theatre and dance pedagogies. Western actor training traditions started with the influence of master ...

A presentation and display on ‘Angampora’ was conducted by the SLAF Angampora team at BMICH ‘Kamatha” last weekend, marking yet another significant milestone in history of the indigenous art of ...

A Doctor by profession Pandula Basnayake is a man of many interests, excelling in the field of medicine, he believes in experimenting in different fields. Adventures and challenges aren’t something ...

Sri Lanka is to issue an extraordinary gazette notification soon lifting the decades old ban on the country’s Martial Arts -Angampora- in order to promote the local martial art in the country, the ...

Lending its legendary know-how and the knack for continued revival of indigenous Sri Lankan Martial Art, ‘Angampora’ which boasts a history of more than 5,000 years, established Sri Lanka’s ...

The various thuds, groans and gasps begged the question, were the participants insured? Apparently not, according to the AHEAD project team, lead by University of Visual and Performing Arts, Faculty ...

Trans World Sport profile of Angampora, a form of martial arts from Sri Lanka that combines the use of weapons, hand to hand combat and meditation.