If you are a sri lankan, what i ask is a stupid question. Sinhala buddhists call it aluth avurudu, while tamil hindus name it puthandu.
With the support of sri lankan embassy in japan, the new year celebrations organizing committee and volunteer sri lankan associations in japan are now organizing the sinhala tamil new year celebrations which is to be held on apri in every year. Gifts such as new clothes and money are exchanged and the entire. Sinhala buddhists call it aluth avurudu, while tamil hindus name it puthandu.
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Avurudu falls on the 14th april this year (as with most years) and as most celebrations in sri lanka, sinhala new year is characterized by the many traditional avurudu food prepared for the occasion. අලුත් අවුරුද්ද) in sri lanka, is a sri lankan holiday that celebrates the traditional new year of the sinhalese and tamil people in sri lanka. Mangalam dance portrays the elegance of kandyan dance style, one of the three main traditional dance styles in sri lanka. In april, sri lankans celebrate the buddhist and hindu new year festivals.319 esala perahera is a symbolic buddhist festival consisting of dances and decorated. A traditional sri lankan new year breakfast table. For some people new year starts in january, for others it starts in april. For a traveller, it's an opportunity to take back home an authentic experience. Today is the sinhala and tamil new year in sri lanka. This topic has been closed to new posts due to inactivity. The date of sinhala & tamil new year is determined by astrologists. Sri lankan community in israel celebrates the new year. Find & download free graphic resources for sri lankan new year. See more of sri lankan new year festival on facebook. Celebrated by the sinhalese and tamil communities, which cumulatively makes up more than 90% of the sri. The sri lankan new year is a time where family and friends come together the new year festivities commence with the traditional lighting of the oil lamp. That is where all traditional sri lankan sweets such as kawum, kokis , aluwa add their best taste for the event making the event a sri lankan april new year table. Some traditions are carried on specifically by women, such as the playing of the rabana, which are drums. #so different from last year #sri lanka #sri lankan new year.