Mediaeval Sinhalese Art c21.32

c21.32

Dēvāles had tenants whose service it was to blow these chanks during the *perahera*. Thus at Alavatugoḍa, the tenant of the *hakgeḍi paṅguva* had to blow the chank for fifteen days of the *perahera* and the four festivals, to weed a part of the compound, and to decorate the dēvāle for the *perahera*, and to give the *vidāne* a basket of sweetmeats once a year. These services were commutable for Rs. 5·85 (Lawrie's Gazetteer, p. 14).