That's when I heard that word. A degander is a glass vessel used to pour water for the guests to drink during the meal in the houses of the Dutch nobility. Mr. Henry Sepala Romyal, village officer of Puhulwella Hettiawala, showed me this wonderful decorative glassware recently.
It was given to him by a 95-year-old grandmother in 1978. It was given to that grandmother as a gift by her grandmother on her coming of age. According to Mr. Romial, the age of this degender is more than 280 years. He says that this product, which was proudly placed on the dining table in the homes of the South at that time, was produced in a foreign country.
In addition to this degander, he also has another degander hood. At that time, the lower part fell to the ground and Mr. Romial was a village officer full of people's consciousness to protect our own property. He has taken steps to preserve the old books and old items for future generations to see. He has also kept this digander safe in his house for future generations to see. An old villager told me that Gurunansela, who mastered Matara magic at that time, sometimes used Digandara to trap troublesome demons. By chanting the mantras and catching the demons, they put the degander inside, closed the lid and kept it in a safe place. Now there are hardly any people who know such science.
Apart from this degander, Mr. Romial also has a glassware known as jar. When we hear the word Jadia, we think of Jadi Damilla, a method of preserving fish. Jadi Damilla is made by cutting the fish, gutting it, putting a layer of sardine in a cask or pot so that the wind does not blow, then putting fish on top of it, salt on it, then snarling it again, putting fish on top of it, then putting snarl on it again, then layer by layer, and then pressing it with a lid. Or salt fish. If the jar doesn't work well, if there is no salt fish, the jar won't work. If the wind blows inside, it will blow the worms.
The glassware shown by Mr. Romiel is also an ornamental item with a fine pattern. He called it Jadia. The hood fits the net equally. It rings when something is put inside and covered with a lid.
Photographs of the white digender by Prashant Malavi
