Ambegoda, Sri Lanka, Feb 10, 2026 (AFP) - Sri Lanka's palm-sap tappers ride UNESCO boost

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2026-02-10

When Sri Lankan mechanic Sarath Ananda left his job in Kuwait to make traditional palm sweets, he never imagined the career switch would bring global acclaim. Ananda returned home in 2008 and embraced his family's traditional vocation -- tapping sap from the kithul palm, becoming a fifth?generation practitioner of a craft now recognised by UNESCO as an Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity. The honour has cast a global spotlight on a fragile c......

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