State : Sri Lanka Data : Gedi Sanniya Matter: Wood Size : 13.4×14 The cause of rashes. Shannis are masks of diseases. Sinhales tribes cured diseases by making masks corresponding to them. If the space in which the illness exorcism will be performed is purified and a sacrifice to a deity is prepared, Shannis appear by the guidance of Paliya. Shannis are very strong and powerful. Simply seeing them allows patients to get strength.