eLanka Newsletter – 12th April 2023 – 4th Edition Sri Lankans in Australia Click here or on the image below to read this week’s elanka Newsletter VALE’ MAXWELL GERREYN – by Desmond Kelly Mahanama Vs Vaas Trophy Charity Cricket Match 2023 successful for the 2nd year in Melbourne Rugby in 20th Century Sri Lanka & Havelocks Sports Club 2023 – by Joe Paiva ‘Healing wounded souls’ Dr. Gamini Goonetilleke an interview with the editor of Commonwealth Union. com – By: Indeewara Thilakarathne Date: March 13, 2023 How do you differentiate between heartburn and coronary angina? – By Dr harold Gunatillake Good News From Jayam April 15, 2023 – By Jayam Rutnam Showcasing a new baila from Trincomalee sung in Portuguese – By Dr. Mahesh White-Radhakrishnan Poem For My Daughter – by Charmaine Candappa Avurudu Koha sings more this time Jesus Is God | Theological Arguments About Why Jesus Is God? ...

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MEDIA RELEASE: National Folk Fellow Mahesh to launch EP with band Tapestries of Sound This week Sydney, Canberra and Aotearoa-based world folk band Mahesh & Tapestries of Sound are launching their new EP ‘Circling Beyond the Square’ with a tour supported by Aimée Falzon. The dates for performances are as follows: 7pm Thu 16 Feb Gadigal/Wangal (Sydney) Petersham Bowling Club (buy tickets) 7pm Fri 17 Feb Dharawal/Gandangarra (Bundanoon) Bundanoon Club (buy tickets) 3pm Sat 18 Feb Ngunnawal/Ngambri (Canberra) Smiths Alternative (buy tickets) ‘Circling Beyond the Square’ comes out of research singer, ethnomusicologist and band/leader Dr. Mahesh White-Radhakrishnan (they/them) carried out for the 2022 National Folk Fellowship. This research focused on the global circulations of tunes accompanying the 19th century dance sensation known as the quadrille or square dance and surprising connections between South Asia and Australia. Some well known English, Irish and Scottish folk tunes were part of this circulation ...

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