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Everyday Sri Lankan: Toddy Tapper

Toddy, Sri Lanka’s palm wine, depends heavily on the agility and expertise of the toddy tapper, whose job it is to climb coconut trees and collect sap from the coconut flowers.

We caught up with J.D. Premathilake, who let us witness the whole process from his perspective.

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