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Christmas celebrated in Canberra with tri-lingual carols Christmas came early to Canberra when members of the Australia Sri Lanka Association (ASLA) and the Canberra Tamil Christian Fellowship (CTCF) joined the High Commission staff to sing carols in Sinhala, Tamil and English at the Mission’s Christmas celebration on Thursday 6 December 2018. The large audience rose to their feet to join in singing the final carol ‘ Silent Night’ in all three languages. Music was provided by local Music group Nada Roo with Subramanium Sukumar also joining in on guitar while ANU student Roshen Fernando accompanied on keyboard. Father Daniel Benedetti delivered a special blessing and a Christmas message where he said we must be thankful for the opportunities we are given in life, and help our fellow beings in whatever way possible. He also gave thanks for bringing Sri Lankan culture to Canberra through the Christmas celebration. High Commissioner S. ...