Every torchbearer and drummer paces to the bull elephant's stride — not the other way round.
ලැලියා්The sequined caparison flashes because the night sky behind it is kept near-black, never lit flat.
ර්ෂිෂ්No coloured lamps — crimson cloth and gold thread take their warmth from the torch-flame alone.
ගින්ථිForty caparisoned elephants in fixed rank — the discipline is what makes the maximalism legible.
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