Coffee beans, still unripe.

The Spice of Politics and the Politics of Spices

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October 3rd 2013
The Spice of Politics and the Politics of Spices: This time we were off to Kandy, the city whose name has always brought images of striped peppermint canes to me, but only because I was never taught the history of Sri Lanka and how Kandy was the home of kings for centuries. As it turned out, our stay would coincide with another Poya day, the monthly Buddhist holiday of the full-moon, which i ... read more

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The Sinhalese arrived in Sri Lanka late in the 6th century B.C., probably from northern India. Buddhism was introduced beginning in about the mid-third century B.C., and a great civilization developed at the cities of Anuradhapura (kingdom from circa... ... read more