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Fruits of the sea-by Mahil Wijesinghe The Duwa fishing hamlet in Negombo Source:Sundayobserver From the most expensive seafood to the more reasonably priced every day fish, the wholesale market in Lellama in Duwa has it all Thanks to the Colombo-Katunayake Expressway drive, it took me only half an hour from Colombo to Negombo. My destination was Lellama a fish market in Duwa, a small fishing island adjacent to Negombo where my camera focused on the fish landing centre that dots the coastline. The fisherfolk fascinates me making me come down again and again. It is a photographer’s paradise. I could see here a totality of wide-ranging life, which I have not seen in other parts of the country. The charming seashores and the fishing community, the mangrove vegetation and markets, a variety of amazing religious activities as the town is pre-dominantly Roman Catholic and a number of churches, all this ...