Folkland, an international centre for folklore and culture, is an NGO devoted for the promotion ofnfolklore and culture established in 1989. Folkland is based in the south-western province of Indianand has branches in several regions of India and other countries, too. Main domains of Folkland fallnunder performing arts, oral traditions and expressions, social practices, rituals and festivals,ntraditional crafts, and so on. Folkland stands for the promotion of folklore with an objective tonprotect the intangible cultural heritage. lt strives hard to conserve intangible cultural heritage fornthe future generation. It aims for sustainable development through intangible cultural heritage.

Ariyapala & Sons’ passing through their fifth generation of carving traditional masks and dancing is a non-profit organization which works with the mask making community in Ambalagoda. Ambalangoda is a very popular cultural centre in the southern coastal region of Srilanka and is well known for traditional mask carving and mask dancing. It was named after ‘Ariyapala Wijesuriya Gurunnanse’, one of the greatest master craftsmen in Sri Lanka. The organisational building includes a well developed museum, a workshop and a well decorated product display shop with various types of traditional masks. The museum is designed to introduce into the richness of the mask tradition of Ambalangoda and to strengthen cultural heritage. This museum also has a small library containing all available anthropological literature on mask performances to serve as a centre for traditional arts & crafts and for research as well.