The Importance of Poson Poya [pic]Festival celebrated in Sri Lanka on the full moon of June. The Poson Poya‚ which is specially noteworthy to the Sri Lankan Buddhists as the day on which Emperor Asoka’s son‚ the arahant Mahinda‚ officially introduced Buddhism to the island in the 3rd century B.C. In addition to the normal ritualistic observances undertaken on a poya day‚ on Poson day devotees flock to Anuradhapura‚ the ancient capital city of the country‚ for it was there that arahant Mahinda converted
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the religion Hinduism. Like every Hindu‚ we celebrate Diwali. On this special day‚ my entire family goes to my cousin’s house and put fireworks. Some of the other festivals that we celebrate are Pongal‚ Karthika deepam‚ Tamil new year and Navaratri. Pongal is one of the most important festivals celebrated by Tamils all
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TRADITIONAL FORMS OF COMMUNICATION ARE STILL IN USE TODAY‚ DESPITE THE MOST ADVANCED METHODS OF MODERN COMMUNICATION. DISCUSS. N. P. Weerasooriya has done this for her project in Mass Communication‚ Aquinas University College‚ Sri Lanka. Introduction In traditional forms of communication‚ people learned and shred ideas‚ opinions and experiences in an orally transmitted manner. Within the development of language‚ the capacity to communicate become more effective
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World Literature in the Era of Multinational Capitalism." Social Text 15 (Fall 1986): 65-88. Kierkegaard‚ Soren. Repetition. Walter Lowrie‚ trans. NY: Harper Torchbooks‚ 1941. Lawrence‚ Patricia. "Violence‚ Suffering‚ Amman: The Work of Oracles in Sri Lanka ’s Eastern War Zone." Violence and Subjectivity. Veena Das et al. eds. Berkeley: U of California P‚ 2000. 171-204. Morley‚ David. "EurAm‚ Modernity‚ Reason and Alterity or‚ Postmodernism‚ the Highest Stage of Cultural Imperialism?" Stuart Hall: Critical
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WESAK Wesak also known as Vesak is a significant and crucial aspect of Buddhism that is celebrated widely by many different countries including Thailand‚ China‚ Sri Lanka and Indonesia. The ritual Parinirvana celebrates Buddha’s birth‚ enlightenment and death for both individuals and the greater Buddhist community. Buddha is celebrated in a variety of different ways from one country to another but has around 376 million adherents with identical significance of celebrating Buddha’s universal
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Marathi: दिवाळी‚ Nepali: दिपावली‚ Oriya: ଦୀପାବଳୀ‚ Sanskrit: दीपावली‚ Telugu: దీపావళి‚ Urdu: دیوالی)‚ also popularly known as the Festival of Lights‚ is an important 5-day festival in Hinduism‚ Sikhism and Jainism‚ occurring between mid-October and mid-November. Diwali is an official holiday in India [1]‚ Guyana‚ Trinidad & Tobago‚ Malaysia‚ Nepal‚ Singapore‚ Sri Lanka and Fiji. The name Diwali is itself a contraction of the word Dīpāvali दीपावली (Dīpāvali)‚ which translates into row of lamps
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1. Introduction About the Assignment This is the written assignment about marketing aspects of a company. Therefore our group decides to go with Sri Lanka Telecom Mobitel (mobile service partner) company. This report indicates the colligation between Mobitel and the Marketing Management subject. Basically we try to illustrate Mobitel’s marketing strategies‚ marketing mix‚ how they segmented the products etc. Under here we are going to firstly focus on the Products of the SLT Company
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INDIA’S NEIGHBOURLY RELATIONS 1. India is strategically situated in the Asian sub-continent. It has been trying to build good friendly relations with its neighbours. Sri Lanka and India were traditional friends‚ but ethnic clashes between the Tamils and the Sinhalese embittered our relations. Relations with Pakistan have remained strained. That country has been abetting violence in the Kashmir region. Bangladesh was created after India defeated Pakistan in the 1971 war. The sharing of the
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South Asia‚ which consists of the nations of Bangladesh‚ Bhutan‚ India‚ Maldives‚ Nepal‚ Pakistan‚ and Sri Lanka‚ is ethnically diverse‚ with more than 2‚000 ethnic entities with populations ranging from hundreds of millions to small tribal groups. South Asia has been invaded and settled by many ethnic groups over the centuries - including various Dravidian‚ Indo-Aryan and Iranian groups - and amalgamation of Dravidian‚ Indo-Aryan and native societies has produced composite cultures with many common
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Rangahala Kandyan Dance On my holiday to Sri Lanka one of the must-do’s was to visit the Kandyan dance performance. It was a show where native people would dance the traditional Kandyan Dance. It is a dance form that originated in the area called Kandy but today it had been widespread to other parts of the countryIt was nice to be able to experience the Sri Lankan culture in this way. The theatre is located in Kandy‚ one of the biggest cities of Sri Lanka. It was a relatively small theatre so we
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