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Happy New Year to all LNPers... Wednesday, 31 December 2008 - 4:52 AM SL Time |  | |
Wish all of you peace and happyness in the coming year!!
Samadi and family..:)
I may not be able to wish all of you individually as I will be away for a while...
Cheers..have a good one..!!!!
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AnuD
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 30 Dec 2008 23:14:28 GMT Report for Abuse
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I heard in the city-FM PANAPUTHRA program that Avurudda and Wasara have two different meanings.
So, I say suba naa wasarak wewa to Samadhi and the family. |
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30 Dec 2008 23:33:12 GMT Report for Abuse
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I heard in the city-FM PANAPUTHRA program that Avurudda and Wasara have two different meanings.
The Sinhalese have celebrated New Year from time immemorial. Robert Knox writes that during his time New Year was a major festival of the Sinhalese and it was celebrated in March. It could be that the Nayakka Kings who gave royal patronage to New Year during the latter part of the Kandyan rule shifted the festival to April to fall in line with the Tamil New Year called Pudu Varsham.
Strictly speaking there is no place for auspicious times in Buddhism. The main Buddhist festivals in Sri Lanka are Vesak, Poson and Esala. Besides Buddhist festivals are held on poya days based on lunar observances. New Year is a solar festival commencing with the entry of Sun to zodiac of Aries.
New Year cannot be categorized as a Hindu festival as well. It is a national festival of Tamils and some others in South India. The Andhras, Kannadigas and Malayalis in South India, though Hindus do not observe it.
There is now a general consensus in Sri Lanka to treat New Year as a national festival, though it is intermingled with Buddhist and Hindu religious practices.Since New Year is not a religious festival confined exclusively to a particular faith, it could be celebrated by all the religious and ethnic groups in Sri Lanka as a common national festival. Its unique features could be made use of to promote friendship and mutual understanding among people.
http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/
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 30 Dec 2008 23:59:27 GMT Report for Abuse
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Samadi Malli and Family
Wish you all the very best of everything in 2009.
It is nice knowing you in the forum
God bless |
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