Getting ready for New Year

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Streets in Pettah are seen crowded with hundreds of people shopping for cloths and other essentials in view of Sinhala-Hindu New Year. Pics by Samantha Perera

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vithura Thursday, 12 April 2018 10:23 PM

In the context of Sri Lanka, it should be precise to call it the Sinhala Buddhist and Tamil Hindu New Year!

Labby Saturday, 14 April 2018 02:56 PM

Why would you change something the people of our country had celebrated for hundreds of years?

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