Something a bit more topical with the release of the Omen a remake of the 1976 horror classic in about five days.
Even the Buffalo seemed worked up about it, well at least his blogging alter ego do’s. Just imagine if the buffalo had a blog about his thoughts, would anybody read it I wonder ?

My occult words are:

"Anagama"
A magical ceremony performed to inflict an injury on someone. (Preferably someone you don’t like for Janapathi that would be the LTTE and the NGO’s).

On a more personal level there is :
"Huniyama"
A magical incantation to injure a human being.

"Pidenna"
An offering to a demon (for you FLOSS computer folk that isn’t a daemon)

"Katawaha"
The verbal equivalent of "Eswaha" see below, this is the evil mouth - not always associated with malicous gossip.

"Eswaha"
Which is the evil eye, enough said.

"Kabara tel"
This is a poison which is extracted from a sort of iguana called a "kabaragoya".

Well with so much evil around what can be done?

You could try "Dehi Kepuma"
This is the practice of cutting lime fruits along with it’s associated magical ceremony to drive away the demons.
(Our culture has some strange beliefs or what…!)

Here is some advice:
If you suspect that somebody is doing some "Huniyama" (see above) on you. Then you need a "Huniyam Kepuma" ceremony to ward off the evil effects.

Finally, those "devil dancers" you see at state ceremonies are called "Kattadiya".

So that’s my round up of the linguistic occult here in Sri Lanka. Makes the Omen look rather tame by comparison but then that is fiction for you……..