In a joyful and colourful display of culture and unity, the Sri Lankan community in Mombasa celebrated the Sinhala and Tamil New Year with great enthusiasm, bringing together people from diverse ...

THIS past weekend, the Sri Lankan community in Lae gathered to celebrate the vibrant and culturally Sinhala and Tamil New ...

Newton Gunasinghe, a pioneering Sri Lankan sociologist and Marxist scholar ... passed down through generations in vernacular languages such as Sinhala and Tamil. These traditions include village ...

The sound of the familiar koha (or the ‘asian koel’), chanting the rhythmic tune, which millions of Sri Lankans wake up to, is a sign that ‘Avurudu’ (New Year) is near. ..

Sri Lanka's Sinhala and Tamil New Year reflects the harmony with nature and the Sinhala and coexistence between the two ...

Ranjini reminisces with a mix of nostalgia and regret about her years fighting in Sri Lanka's civil war as a former company ...

The national ceremony to celebrate the Sinhala and Tamil New Year was held earlier today at Pahala Bomiriya in Kaduwela, with ...

People perform traditional dances in Kataragama, Sri Lanka, April 14, 2025. Sri Lanka celebrated the traditional Sinhala and Tamil new year, which falls on April 14 this year. (Photo: Xinhua) ...

People play a traditional game to celebrate the upcoming Sinhala and Tamil New Year in Colombo, Sri Lanka, April 8, 2025. Sri Lanka's Sinhala and Tamil New Year falls on April 14 this year ...