Sometimes in the evening, the sunlight becomes red in color instead of the usual yellow. It has a strange effect, white walls suddenly start to look pink and decaying tree houses aquire look eerie. No wonder it’s called the ‘Rassige Awwa’ in Sinhala. That translates to ‘Sunlight of the she Devil’. Old grandmothers tell their grandchildren not to venture out when the Rassige Awwa is about

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