# Image credits — PENSA 2027

The Sri Lankan photographs used on this site are from **Wikimedia Commons** and
are reused under their respective licenses. Files are stored in
`assets/img/srilanka/`. Visible attribution also appears in image captions on the
site (required for the CC BY / CC BY-SA images).

| File | Subject | Author | License | Source |
|------|---------|--------|---------|--------|
| `ves-dancer.jpg` | Kandyan Ves dancer (headdress) | Michael Günther | CC BY-SA 4.0 | [File:Ves Dance, Sri Lanka 0590.jpg](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ves_Dance,_Sri_Lanka_0590.jpg) |
| `kandyan-dancer.jpg` | Kandyan dancer in costume | Pierre-André Leclercq | CC BY-SA 4.0 | [File:Kandy danses sri lankaises Ves Natuma (2).jpg](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Kandy_danses_sri_lankaises_Ves_Natuma_(2).jpg) |
| `nil-manel.jpg` | Nil Manel / blue water lily (national flower) | Vengolis | CC BY-SA 4.0 | [File:Nymphaea nouchali 7975.jpg](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Nymphaea_nouchali_7975.jpg) |
| `tea-hills.jpg` | Ceylon tea hill country | Supun1991 | CC BY-SA 4.0 | [File:Beauty of Hill country.jpg](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Beauty_of_Hill_country.jpg) |
| `sigiriya.jpg` | Sigiriya rock fortress | Tlbatt | CC BY-SA 4.0 | [File:Sigiriya, Rock Fortress.jpg](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sigiriya,_Rock_Fortress.jpg) |
| `elephant.jpg` | Wild Sri Lankan elephant | Peter van der Sluijs | CC BY-SA 3.0 | [File:Wild elephant in Sri Lanka.JPG](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wild_elephant_in_Sri_Lanka.JPG) |
| `stilt-fishermen.jpg` | Traditional stilt fishermen, Galle | Jakub Hałun | CC BY 4.0 | [Commons file](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Fishermen_practicing_traditional_stilt_fishing_near_Galle,_southern_Sri_Lanka,_20260207_1419_9452.jpg) |
| `sl-flag.png` | Flag of Sri Lanka | Govt. of Sri Lanka (vector: Zscout370, Mike Rohsopht) | Public domain | [File:Flag of Sri Lanka.svg](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Flag_of_Sri_Lanka.svg) |
| `colombo.jpg` | Colombo skyline | Rehman Abubakr | CC BY-SA 4.0 | [File:ColomboSkyline - November 2017 (1).jpg](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:ColomboSkyline_-_November_2017_(1).jpg) |

Licenses: [CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) ·
[CC BY-SA 3.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/) ·
[CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/)

## "Ayubowan" (ආයුබෝවන්)

The traditional Sinhala greeting of Sri Lanka — literally *"may you live long."*
Offered with the palms pressed together at the heart (the *Anjali Mudra*).
Sources: [Wiktionary](https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E0%B6%86%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%94%E0%B6%B6%E0%B7%9D%E0%B7%80%E0%B6%B1%E0%B7%8A),
[SBS Cultural Atlas](https://culturalatlas.sbs.com.au/sri-lankan-culture/sri-lankan-culture-greetings).

## 3D mask (not used)

The Ayubowan section uses a **photograph** of a Kandyan Ves dancer. No freely-licensed
**Sri Lankan / Kandyan / Ves** 3D model (`.glb`/`.gltf`) with a direct download URL
exists — the Sri Lankan mask models on Sketchfab are login-gated, and the CC0 models
labelled "mask" turned out to be full figures, not masks. To add a real rotatable
3D Ves mask later, self-host a licensed `.glb` and drop this into the Ayubowan section:

```html
<script type="module" src="https://unpkg.com/@google/model-viewer@4.3.1/dist/model-viewer.min.js"></script>
<model-viewer src="assets/img/srilanka/ves-mask.glb" alt="Kandyan Ves mask"
  camera-controls auto-rotate shadow-intensity="1" style="width:100%;aspect-ratio:4/5;"></model-viewer>
```
Good CC-BY source to download & self-host: "Sri Lankan Mask" by Redpath Museum on Sketchfab.