Commissioned at the request of the Sri Lankan government to enrich their national archive, these rare recordings represent music styles & performing arts that are in the steady process of disappearing. Far from being seen as ‘simple’ musicians, percussionists, singers and dancers, they are regarded as spiritual guides whose ritual exorcism of bad spirits brings peace to the heart, mind & body. The pieces presented here are invaluable documents because these men had always refused to be recorded, considering that each performance is one privileged religious moment and that by fixing it, one is likely to break the magic.