Home›Sources›Dance and the Nation: Performance, Ritual, and Politics in Sri LankaSourcesDance and the Nation: Performance, Ritual, and Politics in Sri LankaCitation FormatsGeneral ReferenceGeneral Reference Citation TextDivinity Atlas. "Dance and the Nation: Performance, Ritual, and Politics in Sri Lanka." Accessed August 30, 2026. https://www.divinityatlas.com/sources/dance-and-the-nation-performance-ritual-and-politics-in-sri-lanka.Copy General ReferenceAPA StyleAPA Style Citation TextDivinity Atlas. (n.d.). Dance and the Nation: Performance, Ritual, and Politics in Sri Lanka. Retrieved August 30, 2026, from https://www.divinityatlas.com/sources/dance-and-the-nation-performance-ritual-and-politics-in-sri-lankaCopy APA StyleBibTeXBibTeX Citation Text@misc{divinityatlas-dance-and-the-nation-performance-ritual, author = {Divinity Atlas}, title = {Dance and the Nation: Performance, Ritual, and Politics in Sri Lanka}, year = {2026}, url = {https://www.divinityatlas.com/sources/dance-and-the-nation-performance-ritual-and-politics-in-sri-lanka}, note = {Accessed August 30, 2026} }Copy BibTeXSusan A. Reed's Dance and the Nation is an anthropological study, built on extended fieldwork in Sri Lanka, of Kandyan dance, its roots in the Kohomba Kankariya village healing ritual, and its adoption after independence as a state symbol of Sinhala national culture.FactsCross-Tradition ConnectionsClaims Backed By This Source (23 claims)Comments (0)Reader Challenges (0 open reader challenges)FactsAssessmentReliability TierWell-attested1Susan A. Reed's Dance and the Nation is a peer reviewed anthropological study, built on extended fieldwork in Sri Lanka, of Kandyan dance and its role in nation building, treated at the top tier.NotesWell-attestedPeer-reviewed anthropological monograph based on decades of fieldwork among Kandyan dancers and drummers; the standard scholarly account of the dance form's ritual origin and its twentieth century nationalization.CitationAuthorWell-attestedSusan A. ReedPublisherWell-attestedUniversity of Wisconsin PressPublication YearWell-attested2010Source TypeWell-attestedacademic monographCross-Tradition ConnectionsAssociated WithSri Lanka, Countries Well-attested This source names Sri Lanka directly: "study, built on extended fieldwork in Sri Lanka, of Kandyan dance, its roots in the Kohomba Kankariya village healing ritual, and its adoption after independence as a state symbol of Sinhala..."Source Dance and the Nation: Performance, Ritual, and Politics in Sri LankaSusan A. Reedtier 1Claims Backed By This Source (23 claims)This source backs 23 claims across the atlas. As facts: 16 well-attested. As cited relationships: 2 holds, 2 connected. Plus 3 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.Disposition By TopicSacred Dances, 9 claims: 7 well-attested, 1 holds, 1 general references.Sources, 8 claims: 7 well-attested, 1 holds.Articles, 6 claims: 2 well-attested, 2 connected, 2 general references.Well-attested16ArticlesA Symbol of the Nation, Reshaped After IndependenceFour Styles Descended From a Healing RitualSacred DancesThe Kandyan Dance of the Esala PeraheraSourcesDance and the Nation: Performance, Ritual, and Politics in Sri LankaHolds2Sacred DancesThe Kandyan Dance of the Esala PeraheraSourcesDance and the Nation: Performance, Ritual, and Politics in Sri LankaConnected2ArticlesA Symbol of the Nation, Reshaped After IndependenceFour Styles Descended From a Healing RitualGeneral References3ArticlesA Symbol of the Nation, Reshaped After IndependenceFour Styles Descended From a Healing RitualSacred DancesThe Kandyan Dance of the Esala PeraheraComments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0 open reader challenges)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.View At A Past YearThe atlas records no dated fact of its own for this entry, so there is no other year to choose.Show This Year