![]() They have pretty awesome floats, if not the bused in numbers of the SLFP. The JVP is the biggest vaguely communist party and they take May Day seriously. The main route is that they start near the Nelum Pokuna theatre, walk towards Lipton Circus (ODEL), walk down Dean’s Road to Maradana, then turn right and walk to Borella where the rally ends at Cambell Park, messing up Baseline Road. There are some details on traffic routes here but suffice it to say that everything from Colombo to Borella to Nugegoda to Battaramulla will be affected. They bus people in, both taking up parking and clogging the roads. The ruling party rally is the biggest and messes up the most traffic. Unless otherwise noted the marches start around noon and end in a rally around 3:30 PM. You can assume that traffic will be messed up around any of these dots, and in the city in general. The lines are stated routes, the dots are for gatherings where we’re not sure of the exact path. In order to either avoid or seek them out, we’ve included some general routes above. If you are in Colombo, however, watching the parades and processions can be fun. Either stay in your home or get out of town. Which, if you have any business or leisure to transact, we’d recommend as well. In Colombo there are serious May Day rallies and parades and the government has advised people to avoid the city altogether. Tomorrow is May Day, International Workers Day, when nobody works. May Day Rallies – Blue is SLFP, red is JVP, green in Colombo is United something (minority parties), orange is NFF, green in Battaramulla is UNP, grey is Sarath Fonseka’s Democratic Party
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