#Ceylon

[tama-ghosty]

[burstfoot]

[ashi-cookie]

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[oldjewelryfeed]

1800s antique Victorian silver and blue Ceylon moonstones scorpion brooch / pendant

[vintagepromotions]

'Ceylon - Land of Song and Dance'

Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) travel poster featuring a traditional dancer and musicians (c. 1940). Artwork by C.K.L. Samarasinha.

[lauren-ce]

Ceylon Doykos? More like Ceylon DYKE-os, am I right?

Gayass bird and her knight

Ceylon "I became an Oripathy researcher for the single purpose of saving you" Doykos

Ceylon being impressed by her bodyguard's skills:

They seem to be very good friends

Age gap bodyguard romance? No no, this isn't that! It's a completely chaste relationship between two girls that have a *checks notes*

"profound mutual affection". Nothing gay here, not at all (:

(Ceylon's whole file is so fucking gay)

Also take a look at this wonderful post that goes into detail about the slow changes in their relationship

[alienmiilk]

[arknights-archive]

Global 5th anniversary artbook previews

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[vivlily]

happy ceylon day

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[tama-ghosty]

personification of perfection

[drmajalis]

I can't get this image of Ceylon just going WHOOMF when riled up out of my head, it's canon, it's amazing

[postcard-from-the-past]

Hindu dancer from Ceylon, modern-day Sri Lanka

British vintage postcard

[rrcraft-and-lore]

I have this exact book: Ghosts, Monsters, and Demons of India by: Rakesh Khanna & J. Furcifer Bhairav for those curious. And yes, sometimes some stories like these exist because of other cultures creating/attributing myths to other places.

Few famous examples: Griffins and the Indus Valley Worm

So Griffins and the Indus Valley Worm are creatures thought to have existed in India by Greek philosophers and scientists of the time. They made up the creatures but believed their origins to be "far exotic and from/to the east" a lot of storytelling has worked this way.

The Three Princes of Serendip (old name for Ceylon/Sri Lanka) is the first story of Serendipity (where we get the word btw) of just fun adventures (slice of life) about three Sri Lankan Princes. Only, it's not Sri Lankan in origin. It's Persian made up for entertainment ABOUT Sri Lanka.

Copy of the book for those interested:

It's a brilliant collection btw.

[basicallyanotherwitchesthing]

Edward S. Aarons - Assignment Ceylon - Coronet - 1974

[vintagepromotions]

'Fly the Sapphire Service'

London travel poster by Air Ceylon (now SriLankan Airlines) featuring an illustration of a busy London city street (c. 1950). Artwork by Mart Kempers.

[proudsrilankanlk]

Miss World Sri Lanka 🇱🇰

Anudi Gunasekara