Bawa Karma - The Sorrow of Existence - Part II
Original title: Bawa Karma - භව කර්ම
“A continuation of "Bawa Duka"”
0.019972h 30mSI
Directed by Dharmasiri Bandaranayake
Part of the Bawaya - The Sorrow of Existence CollectionA continuation of “Bawa Duka”; via Peduru’s family, the narrative exposes the social stasis/class discrimination encouraged by the local Sinhalese Buddhist clergy, while the arrival of the Christian missionaries signals a more progressive mindset, though at the cost of conversion to a monotheistic faith. Tyranny is not only practiced by the British colonials but equally facilitated by local traditional institutions--thus, the resultant suffering (Duka) of Peduru is a combination of the two.
