Former Tamil Tiger rebels prepare backstage during a rehabilitation official ceremony fashion show in Colombo on March 29. The program to release nearly 400 former combatants to their families. Officials said more than 10,000 ex-combatants have been rehabilitated and released to their families since the war ended in May 2009.
[Credit : Ishara S. Kodikara / AFP / Getty Images]
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Tamil guerillas being trained. Sri Lanka is the scene of a bitter struggle between the Sinhalese, the major ethnic group, and the Tamil minority, 1986.
[Credit : James Nachtwey]
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Jumping the flames is part of the guerilla training and indicates courage in the Tamil tradition, Sri Lanka, 1986.
[Credit : James Nachtwey]
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Foreign tourists ride an elephant during a sightseeing tour in the ancient city of Sigiriya on December 2, 2011. The number of foreign tourists visiting Sri Lanka has swelled since the island ended a 37-year separatist conflict with Tamil Tiger rebels in May 2009. Sri Lanka greeted 53,636 tourist in June 2011, 20 percent more than a year earlier, mainly driven by visitors from India and East Asia.
[Credit : Ishara S. Kodikara/AFP/Getty]
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![Former Tamil Tiger rebels prepare backstage during a rehabilitation official ceremony fashion show in Colombo on March 29. The program to release nearly 400 former combatants to their families. Officials said more than 10,000 ex-combatants have been rehabilitated and released to their families since the war ended in May 2009.
[Credit : Ishara S. Kodikara / AFP / Getty Images]](http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m1nygmMBua1r44q44o1_1280.jpg)
![Tamil guerillas being trained. Sri Lanka is the scene of a bitter struggle between the Sinhalese, the major ethnic group, and the Tamil minority, 1986.
[Credit : James Nachtwey]
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![Jumping the flames is part of the guerilla training and indicates courage in the Tamil tradition, Sri Lanka, 1986.
[Credit : James Nachtwey]
[via]](http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lwrk83mnez1r44q44o1_400.jpg)
![Foreign tourists ride an elephant during a sightseeing tour in the ancient city of Sigiriya on December 2, 2011. The number of foreign tourists visiting Sri Lanka has swelled since the island ended a 37-year separatist conflict with Tamil Tiger rebels in May 2009. Sri Lanka greeted 53,636 tourist in June 2011, 20 percent more than a year earlier, mainly driven by visitors from India and East Asia.
[Credit : Ishara S. Kodikara/AFP/Getty]](http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lvlcu5rFf61r44q44o1_1280.jpg)