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⏲ Duration: 2 min 78 sec
✓ Published: 11-Feb-2021
✓ Published: 11-Feb-2021
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Break the Cinnamon Branch takes its name from a law dealing with cinnamon (Cinnamomum verum) imposed in Ceylon (Sri Lanka) during Dutch colonial rule. Cinnamon was native to the island and this law mandated capital punishment for a series of offences including the destruction of a cinnamon plant, unauthorised peeling of its bark, private trade in cinnamon, and transportation of cinnamon. nnIn this new series of performances, Sri Lankan-Australian inter-disciplinary artist Jagath Dheerasekara, ex
Break the Cinnamon Branch takes its name from a law dealing with cinnamon (Cinnamomum verum) imposed in Ceylon (Sri Lanka) during Dutch colonial rule. Cinnamon was native to the island and this law mandated capital punishment for a series of offences including the destruction of a cinnamon plant, unauthorised peeling of its bark, private trade in cinnamon, and transportation of cinnamon. nnIn this new series of performances, Sri Lankan-Australian inter-disciplinary artist Jagath Dheerasekara, ex
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