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Under the Bo Tree

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A chance meeting with Siri, a young teacher, drew Dr Ray Barron into village life in Sri Lanka. In the first of two talks he describes preparations for the New Year festival play.
'For Siri drama has become only one means to a wider end: helping his village to come into the modem world without destroying the values which have served it for centuries.' BBC Manchester (R)

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