Love Sri Lanka Festival 2020

The Love Sri Lanka Festival is back by popular demand! The Mother Sri Lanka (MSL) Movement, which promotes the pride of being Sri Lankan, will kick off the annual event, now in its third year, on March 14th and 15th 2020, from 10 am to 10 pm each day. The two day event will be held at Viharamahadevi Park.

The ‘Love Sri Lanka Festival 2020’ is conceptualised for the enjoyment of all Sri Lankans as well as foreigners and will showcase everything Sri Lankan.  It is a celebration of Sri Lankan art, craft, culture, food, fashion and accessories, street drama, music and entertainment; all of which will be on display during the festival.

This unique event, by Sri Lankans for Sri Lankans, aims to rekindling the nostalgia and emotions of being Sri Lankan.  Further, for the foreign visitors it will be a unique opportunity to enjoy ‘All of Sri Lanka’ in one place. There are also many enterprises and companies which are onboard as exhibitors and sponsors and, as indispensable partners in this unique and historical event, they too benefit through promoting their products and services to a large number of visitors all under one roof in a span of two days.

As this is festival and celebration of everything Sri Lankan, one can look forward to delicious street food and beverages; marvel at the local art, craft, and music; enjoy culture, entertainment, and games; and of course, keep an eye out for the perfect gift item to get your loved ones.  This festival, beyond providing entertainment, is an opportunity that enables and empowers local food makers and entertainers by showcasing their performance and products. Many Sri Lankan brands that have won the hearts of people will be a part of this event. 

•             The festival will showcase all sides of Sri Lanka, the traditional as well as the modern; the rural as well as the urban.

•             True Sri Lankan diversity in terms of food, culture, art, dance, and music will be on display, proving the age-old adage – unity in diversity. 

•             For tourists, this is a must-see event where they can experience ‘all of Sri Lanka in one place’.

Maggie will join hands with Love Sri Lanka Festival 2020 as the Gold Partner whilst Commercial Bank of Ceylon PLC and ACBT are the Silver Partners.  Serendib Finance Ltd, Watawala Tea, Akbar and Phoenix are Bronze Partners whilst Sri Lanka Tourism is the Official Partner. Wijeya Newspapers (Pvt) Ltd, Siyatha TV and Pulse have partnered as Print, Electronic and Digital Media Partners of the event respectively.

“In Sri Lanka, we celebrate so many festivals on religious and ethnic lines, but we wanted an occasion that all Sri Lankans can come together and celebrate as one nation regardless of ethnic and religious differences.  Hence, we at Mother Sri Lanka in celebration of 72 years of independence of our beloved Motherland is very excited to celebrate the ‘pride of being Sri Lankan’ as one nation,” elaborates Mother Sri Lanka (MSL) Movement Chairperson Dr. Janaki Kuruppu.

This is an ideal chance to showcase truly Sri Lankans goods and services to thousands who gather at the Love Sri Lanka Festival 2020 with passion and spirit! Stalls can be booked by calling 0702413492, 077 154 5511, or 011 2 696 492/6491, or by emailing us at    mothersrilankatrust2015@gmail.com.    Come be a part of the Love Sri Lanka Festival 2020 happening for the third consecutive year!

Besides the main programme of building responsible citizens, Mother Sri Lanka (MSL), is also engaged in a special livelihood development project to support local craftsmen under the movement’s ‘Empowering Entrepreneurs’ Programme which promotes a wide range of authentic Sri Lankan products from organic foods and beverages, rush and reed accessories, handloom clothing, mugs, stoneware, terracotta products, seashell and coconut shell crafts, ceramic ware to stationary and other art and craft products.  The initiative assists and supports over 100 Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) which provides a living to over 5,000 families. These products are available at the MSL Colombo 7 showroom at 410/131, Bauddhaloka Mawatha, Colombo 7, and at the popular promenade down the Parliament Drive at No. 614 Sri Jayawardenepura Road, Ethul Kotte, Kotte.

ABOUT MOTHER SRI LANKA

Established in 2008, Mother Sri Lanka (MSL) is a non-profit organization which brings together the collaborative efforts of the public, private and non-profit sectors focusing primarily on the educational, socio-economic and cultural development of Sri Lankans. The organization is governed by a team of professionals who have been contributing their time voluntarily for the last 10 years since its inception.  MSL projects are implemented through a network of 1000 youth clubs, school clubs and over 500 pre-schools with a membership of approximately 75,000 covering all 25 districts of the country.  The objectives of MSL community development projects are to develop Responsible Citizens who understands and respects other ethnic and religious groups and proud to be a Sri Lankan. Moreover, MSL projects help develop entrepreneurship, leadership and project management skills and personality traits such as self-confidence, independence, creative and strategic thinking of our youth in order to gear them up to take over our motherland in the future.  Besides the above programs, the Mother Sri Lanka movement has expanded its’ scope to cover livelihood development, child development and women’s empowerment. (Please visit    www.mothersrilanka.lk    for more information).