I met the Sri Lankan Quasimodo. Thilak is stationed in the head of the Vevurukannala Buddha statue, the country's largest. He shows supplicants how to make offerings and peer through the sacred Buddha's third eye. When business is slow he hangs out on the balcony and stares down at a nearby veranda where traditional dance rehearsal is going strong.
So does he have a favorite dancer? He must. Everybody does. Everybody good does, even at that distance.