eLanka Newsletter – 25th December 2024 – 8th Edition – Sri Lankans In Australia Sri Lankans in Australia Click here or on the image below to read this week’s elanka Newsletter Nourishing Foods That Can Help Lower Blood Sugar Levels – By Dr Harold Gunatillake Announcement of the New Executive Committee for 2024 -2025 Celebrating Christmas at Millon and Sandra De Kauwe’s home Good News From Jayam – By Jayam Rutnam Christmas Carols with Noeline Honter Delft Island Children achieving great success in Canoeing – By Admiral Ravindra C Wijegunaratne MELBOURNE OBSC XMAS NEWSLETTER Gethsemane’s Annual Clyde Carols by Candlelight 2024 – By Kerrigan La-Brooy Buck Owens Santa looked a lot like daddy H.D. Premaratne: A Long-Lasting Legacy in Sri Lankan Cinema – By Dr. Gamini Kariyawasam The History of Christmas Trees: From Pagan Roots to Modern Decor – By Malsha – eLanka ‘Love in a Goldfish Bowl’ 1961 Tommy ...

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Christmas in Sri Lanka – By Dr Harold Gunatillake Website: www.Doctorharold.com Magical and sensational Affair Transcript: Though 70% of the inhabitants in Sri Lanka are Sinhalese Buddhists and minority Christians, and Hindus, Christmas in Sri Lanka is celebrated with much passion and enthusiasm by everyone. It is a time when families living far apart, some across the seas, meet in their ancestral family home in Sri Lanka and rejoice the season most joyfully. Preparations and arrangements begin a month before Christmas. It is a time to share love, kindness, compassion, and, most importantly, gifts with family and friends. People in Sri Lanka are known to host lavish parties during Christmas. History states that European Colonies influenced Sri Lankan customs and traditions from the 16th century to the 20th century. This is how Christmas became vital to Sri Lankan customs and traditions. It is traditional for Sri Lankans, especially the Burgher ...

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Kaleidoscope with Savithri Rodrigo 138 30 12 2022 It’s the end of yet another year and what a year it’s been! So it’s goodbye 2022 as we relook, rewind & refocus on Sri Lanka, enjoy spectacular Christmas trees, year-end fist fights, eco-saves, frozen falls & a breath-holding Avatar – oh & there’s Janus. Enjoy, Wishing you the very best and a great celebratory New Year’s Eve! ...

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Kaleidoscope with Savithri Rodrigo 134 02 12 2022 It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas as we get into the Christmas spirit at the Shangri La, get more serious with chats on an impending recession & a gift to Mannar’s children, indulge in some Christmas craft, twisty records, green undertakers & Christmas trees! ...

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