SLFUW celebrates Sinhala & Tamil New Year

The traditional oil lamp being lit 

The Sri Lanka Federation of University Women celebrated Sinhala & Tamil New Year in customary style at its own premises on Kitulwatta Road in Colombo. The Incumbent President, Eng. (Mrs.) Lakmini Nonis, initiated proceedings with the boiling of milk. 

The traditional oil lamp was lit, followed by the National Anthem and a two-minute Commemorative silence, after which the President invoked blessings on the SLFUW, its members past and present, and on our motherland. 

This was  followed by traditional new year games.

The SLFUW, founded in 1941 by Mrs. Clara Motwani, is one of the oldest and most prestigious women’s organisations in the island today, with a large membership, both local and overseas. In keeping with its stated objective to ‘undertake charitable, educational and social welfare activities for women in particular and other persons in general’, Mrs. Nonis said that every year it carries out a number of community service projects.