A group of Sri Lankan descent American youth performed a recital of traditional Kandyan Drums at the 10th Annual Cultural Celebration organized by the South Asian American Employee Association of the U.S. Department of State recently.
According to a statement issued by the Sri Lanka Embassy in Washington DC, other performances by youth included those from Afghanistan, Bangladesh, India, Nepal, and Pakistan at this annual South Asian cultural celebration.
The Ambassador of Sri Lanka to the U.S. Rodney Perera and Embassy officials participated at this event, while Ambassador Alice Wells, Acting Assistant Secretary, Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs and Ambassador Atul Keshap, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary, Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs were also present.
The young Kandyan drummers were trained by Mr. Indika Aththanayake, founder of “Sri Lanka Bera” in Maryland, U.S.
I still remember the day of August 1947 floods, as it was the last school day at Kingswood College Kandy and the height the water soured. Water rose to the height of the Cross of the Chrurch at Getambe and the water was so high that it engulfed the Getambe Rajaponawarma Temple leaving only a few leaves of the Bo-tree visible.
The Colombo Additional Magistrate has ordered the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) to investigate and submit a report over a complaint about the alleged illegal assets gained by model Piumi Hansamali.
Heritage properties are major tourist attractions world over. Sri Lanka is no exception in this matter. From Colombo, Galle, most of the mountain cities including Nuwara Eliya, Bandarawela, Hatton and Kandy and in the North, hundreds of heritage properties are spread across.
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