Erabadu Mal Pipila – Bonny Fernando – An original song by Bonny Fernando (of Sydney Australia) for the Sinhala & Tamil New Year ! Lyrics by … Palitha Ganewatte Music by … Rangana Sangeeth Click here to receive your free copy of the eLanka Newsletter twice a week delivered directly to your inbox! ...
Do Sri Lankans know to value their work? Source:Dailymirror There is focus on Sri Lanka for many reasons these days. Still despite the doom and the gloom the island stakes a claim to be one of the major tourist attractions among tourist destinations. When tourists are pouring into this nation in their numbers we get to hear economist Steve Hanke rating Sri Lanka among the 15 most miserable nations. This is the nation that ignored warnings of experts when danger was imminent and there were concerns regarding terrorist attacks, economic failure, losing GSP Plus etc. Sri Lanka had to face the consequences as a result of choosing to be blind to some truths. Now there is a warning that we are among 15 nations which are termed as miserable. One of Sri Lanka’s prime focuses these days is on debt restructuring and the present government is working on this ...
‘Rajans’ Picnic combined with Sinhala & Tamil New Year Celebrations-by Harold Gunatillake Transcript: Amidst our hectic schedules and busy lives, the Rajans meaning the old Pupils of Dharmaraja College the premier Buddhist school, Kandy, Sri Lanka, living in Sydney, grouped together, with their families, at the Nurrangingy reserve in Doonside, a faraway suburb of Sydney for a picnic and barbe party, with their families, to coincide with the Sinhala & Tamil New Year which fell on the 14th April, every year. As you are aware this Buddhist School was established on 30 June 1887 and the founder was Col Henry Steel Olcott, philanthropist from New York who visited Ceylon to obtain further studies on Buddhism. ...
Sinhala & Tamil New Year Celebration in Sydney-Dr Harold Gunatillake Website: www.Doctorharold.com Transcript: Many countries in the world including Sri Lanka celebrate the first of January as a day of celebration. In 45BC, New Year’s Day was celebrated on January 1st for the first time in history as the Julian calendar took effect. According to tradition, during his reign 715-673 BCE Numa revised the Roman republican calendar so that January replaced March as the first month. ...
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