New Year, dear readers of the Funday Times! This week we’ll be taking a look at some of the rituals and traditions that make this time of year a special one in Sri Lanka. The Sinhala and Tamil New ...

Saturday, April 13 marked the Sinhala and Tamil New Year, one of Sri Lanka’s main cultural holidays. Commonly known as “Avurudu” in Sinhala and as “Puthandu” or “Puththandu” in Tamil, the celebration ...

Teachers perform traditional folk dances for the Sinhala and Tamil New Year, a traditional festival to be observed on the coming weekend, at a school in Colombo, Sri Lanka, April 9, 2024. (Photo: ...

In a groundbreaking celebration, the Malima Diving Club of the Sri Lanka Navy Malima Hospitality Services (MHS), in collaboration with the Navy Diving Unit, marked the Sinhala and Tamil New Year with ...

New Year celebrations begin with the cleaning of the house and the lighting of an oil lamp. The rest of the day is punctuated by auspicious moments. A Catholic celebrated the festivity with his Hindu ...

People, young and old, are elegantly dressed in traditional attire and walk along the otherwise congested streets of the Bangladeshi capital Dhaka. They are heading to Ramna park in procession. And, ...

A new Sinhala song written by a from Melbourne lyrist Mahinda Dissanayake Diwulgane about Lord Buddha and his teachings_ Image- Supplied This month, SBS Sinhala's "My Song' monthly musical program ...

As the month of April dawns this morning, many of us will be pranking our friends, relations and fellow citizens with ‘April fool jokes’. Yet, in the month of April we celebrate many more serious ...