Ceylon Island Travel
Tour Guide, Colombo, Sri Lanka
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The fishing village of Weligama is famous for the fishing technique used by the fishermen of the village. They cast their lines out while balancing themselves quite cleverly on a 20-50 meter pole in the shallow waters, which gives its name, stilt fishing. Even though the origins of this strange way of fishing is yet unknown, this may be a good opportunity to chat with a few fishermen who take pride in this unique technique where the fishing poles are guarded with their life and handed down from one generation to another.