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Multiculturalism: Pathway to Acceptance – By Randika Jayakody & Jerome Perera Image Source : austin.thinkbilingual Image Source : Qld Sri Lankan Newsletter – Dæhæna – December 2022 Multiculturalism is a journey of mixing cultural, linguistic, ethnic and gastronomic features over time. Over tens of thousands of years through settlement, colonialism and trade, Sri Lanka has travelled this journey and the multiculturalism within the island continues to evolve through intermixing. Acknowledgement of multiculturalism can start with being incorporated into the education system to inspire children to become comfortable with these ideas. Like Australia, Sri Lanka could acknowledge the commencement of its history from the indigenous community in Sri Lanka, the Wanniyala Aetto to redress their exclusion from the national narrative. Reforming teaching of Sri Lankan history to incorporate the role and contributions of all ethnic and cultural groups and emphasising the contributions made by all communities to the island’s cultural identity is also ...