From the very first year of Extra Cover, when we bought some drums for the tsunami-ravaged school at Dikwella, we have delighted in the elemental part that music plays in Sri Lankan school culture. Even in the small and remote school of Pilagoda all children are required to learn to play an instrument – in this case the humble melodica. Here Mr Dilmith, the new principal, is showing his pupils how to play simple, traditional tunes.
