Banana: the everyday super fruit-by Randima Attygalle Source:Island Be it visiting loved ones for the new year or on any other occasion, taking a comb of bananas along is a time-honoured practice among Lankans. We are not alone in our love for this delectable fruit relished over centuries by mankind and herbivorous animals alike. One of the most widely grown fruit crops in the world, banana occupies a top place in the fresh fruit trade, second only to orange. Banana (Musa spp.) is native to South Asia and Western Pacific Region. The wild ancestors of cultivated banana Musa acuminate Colla and Musa balbisiana Colla are distributed in South and South East Asian countries including Sri Lanka. The earliest written reference to bananas in Sri Lankan history goes back to about 341 A.D. the time of King Buddhadasa who is reputed to have been a skilled physician. The king had recorded in his Sarartha Sangragaha, the ...
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Sinhala & Tamil New Year Celebration in Sydney-Dr Harold Gunatillake Website: www.Doctorharold.com Transcript: Many countries in the world including Sri Lanka celebrate the first of January as a day of celebration. In 45BC, New Year’s Day was celebrated on January 1st for the first time in history as the Julian calendar took effect. According to tradition, during his reign 715-673 BCE Numa revised the Roman republican calendar so that January replaced March as the first month. ...
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NSW Government Wishing you a safe and peaceful Sinhala and Tamil New Year in English, Sinhalese and Tamil ...
Kamal Samarasinghe, “Guest of Honour at RoyTho 2021, ‘ A MAN FOR ALL SEASONS, A TRUE GENTLEMAN, NATURALLY A THOMIAN” — S. Thomas’ College – Old Boys Association – NSW/ACT Source:-stcobasydney “A near fifty-year-old friendship with a kind, gentle and intelligent Thomian to his boot laces, has been a silver lining in my life “ I met Kamal Samarasinghe in 1970 when he played first XI cricket at S.Thomas’ College against St Benedicts. I myself had been at S.Thomas” Prep, for five years and had fond memories of my time there. St Thomas’ to me was a second home. Kamal was a wicketkeeper and a batsman of no mean repute. Our paths did not cross till we matched wits against each other at cricket. He with the bat and I with the ball. Memory fades but some remain despite the advent of time. Thomian openers in 1970 were Ravi Sathasivam ...
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CEYLON SOCIETY OF AUSTRALIA MELBOURNE CHAPTER At our next meeting Logan & Premila Thurairatnam will present a talk on ...
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THE HON ALEX HAWKE MP MINISTER FOR IMMIGRATION, CITIZENSHIP, MIGRANT SERVICES AND MULTICULTURAL AFFAIRS MESSAGE FOR SINHALESE AND TAMIL NEW YEAR To all Australians who are celebrating the Sinhalese and Tamil New Year, I send my warmest wishes for the year ahead. The arrival of a New Year symbolises a new beginning. As you begin to prepare yourselves and your households for the upcoming celebrations, I hope you take this time to reflect on the past year and welcome in the New Year and the hope and opportunities it will bring. With everyday life in Australia gradually returning to normal, I am so pleased that you can look forward to celebrating cherished events and traditional festivals such as this, with your families and community again. The Sinhalese and Tamil communities have made significant contributions to our nation, particularly in supporting those in need throughout the COVID-19 pandemic. Australia is honoured ...
Sinhalese & Tamil New Year Celebrations in Sydney Website: www.Doctorharold.com Transcript: Many countries in the world including Sri Lanka celebrate the first of January as a day of celebration. In 45BC, New Year’s Day was celebrated on January 1st for the first time in history as the Julian calendar took effect. According to tradition, during his reign 715-673 BCE Numa revised the Roman republican calendar so that January replaced March as the first month. It was a fitting choice, since January was named after Janus, the Roman god of all beginnings, and on the contrary March celebrated Mars, the god of war. Sinhalese and Tamil’s celebrated the New year based on the Sun’s movement from the Meena Rashiya (House of Pisces) to the Mesha Rashiya (House of Aries). Today, the sun’s entry into Aries is known as mesa Sankranti in Sanskrit. So, the traditional New Year in many South and Southeast ...
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My Very Last Love – by Anil Wickremetunge A song of motivation and hope. THE DRUID production composed by Anil Wickremetunge and arranged with help from Mohan Gooneratne. Thanks to the team at “Pericles Lyrics” for the lyrics and Viola Gooneratne for the vocals, Mohan for his unique art on the Bass and Volker with the “singing” guitars. Anil Wickremetunge ...
SRI LANKA’S NEWEST TELEVISION EXPERIENCE – The Voice Sri Lanka – The Battles : John Premshan V Geeth Prasanna | Home | The Voice Sri Lanka ...
Serenity of Mawaragala forest hermitage-BY MAHIL WIJESINGHE Source:Sundayobserver It had been our cherished dream to visit Dambana, the ancestral Adivasi village. We had spent years looking forward to it and finally it took months to plan the trip. Dambana was not a disappointment, but there was something different for us in the trip as well. Long before we reached Dambana, our minds were made up on what we wanted to do there – to document the daily life of the fast-vanishing indigenous people of our land. However, as we drove along the A-26 Mahiyangana-Padiyatalawa Road on one sunny morning, we were struck with the idea of visiting the ancient forest hermitage called Mawaragala, which lies on the slope of a rocky mountain in Dambana. There we were at the Mawaragala forest hermitage, 15 kilometres away from Mahiyangana, taking a turn just before the ancestral Adivasi village, Kotabakiniya. A neatly kept ...
