Sri Lanka, Dec. 8 -- A trend in swirling waves of graffiti has invaded the country manically for the past few days. Enthusiastic groups of youth are a common sight in almost every town, carrying paint brushes and buckets of paint.Their sketches radically overrun on parapet walls, highway bridges, abandoned buildings and any paintable spaces. These graffiti are mainly based on culture, environment, heritage and history, together with other interesting contemporary themes.
The trend has been set mainly to eliminate the environmental pollution created by posters and polythene which was the core discipline of President Gotabaya Rajapaksa's election campaign. This political trend was later taken forward by the public, converting it into a socia...