Lankan Fest 2023: EXPLORE A CULTURE OF WONDERS RIVERSIDE AT FED SQUARE MEDIA RELEASE: 24 OCTOBER 2023 River Terrace at Fed Square will be brimming with Sri Lankan atmosphere on Saturday 25 November from 9.00 am onwards with Lankan Fest 2023 supported by the Victorian Multicultural Commission and the City of Melbourne. The sights, sounds and spectacular dance moves of this exotic ‘Culture of Wonders’ emanating from a land often called the Pearl of the Indian Ocean – Sri Lanka – visitors will experience a cultural explosion of ethnic diversity right in the heart of Melbourne overlooking the Yarra River. Exotic cuisine, cultural dance, entertainment, and a touch of Sri Lanka will be on display with Melburnians invited to taste the magic of this tiny island nation and its own rich, ethnic diversity at our city’s cultural and community heart – Fed Square. Featuring a variety of Sri Lankan food, ...

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AN ODYSSEY  –  THE SEARCH FOR HERITAGE  (Part 2) – by Bernard VanCuylenburg PROLOGUE. Saying “Goodbye” is never easy. The “Goodbyes” I bid to the Staff at Nilaveli Beach Hotel after a relaxed idyllic holiday following the first leg of my tour was hard. This was where I cut my teeth on life’s road and the ties that bind me to this Hotel were, and remain very strong. But there was a long road ahead, a road I never travelled before. Travice Ondaatjie, whose late Dad Mr.George Ondaatjie was my Boss when I worked for Nilaveli Beach Hotels Limited drove up to Nilaveli on Friday the 24th and told me that on Sunday the 26th March we would leave for Passekudah, Arugam Bay and travel down the Eastern seaboard right down to the Lahuggala National Park in Amparai to visit the archaeological sites there, and then head for Wellawaya and ...

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