The Passion Play actor

Christy Mihindukulasooriya was the first man to play the role of Jesus Christ in the Duwa Passion Plays. Before him there were only statues. Christy talks about the long history of the Duwa Passion Play and shares his anecdotes of playing Jesus for over fifty years. Photography by Kannan Arunasalam. Featuring the archive photographs of Dominic Sansoni.

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  • Girish says:

    On the site after a long long time. Most of the time on Fb. I wanted to take part in the contest as well, but never managed to work on that. Always good to see your work & videos. Very inspiring. Such a huge content of human story to go through. Keep it up.

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