Vesak is considered as both a religious and cultural festival in Sri Lanka. It is celebrated on the day of the full moon in May. Vesak Day is one of the biggest days of the year in the Buddhist calendar and is celebrated by Buddhists all over the world. Buddhists commemorate the important events that took place in the life of Lord Buddha on this Vesak Full Moon Poya Day. First comes the birth of Siddhartha Gautama in Lumbini in Nepal which took place under the arbor of Sat trees where queen Mahamaya
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Agro-Tourism Development in Sri Lanka Case Study of the Fruit Crop Research and Development Center‚ Horana by D.A.C. Silva‚ Senior Lecturer‚‚ Department of Economics‚ Faculty of Arts‚ University of Colombo and K.C. Vithanage‚ MEcon Student‚ Department of Economics‚ University of Colombo ABSTRACT Tourism is one of the largest and the fastest growing industries in the world economy. Tourism industry is also the fourth highest foreign exchange generator of the economy in Sri Lanka. Furthermore‚ agro-tourism
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Meghaduuta are the most famous Sanskrit plays. He occupies the same position in Sanskrit literature that Shakespeare occupies in English literature. Some other famous plays were Mricchakatika by Shudraka‚ Svapna Vasavadattam by Bhasa‚ and Ratnavali by Sri Harsha. Later poetic works include Geeta Govinda by Jayadeva. Some other famous works are Chanakya’s Arthashastra and Vatsyayana’s
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The Importance of Poson Poya [pic]Festival celebrated in Sri Lanka on the full moon of June. The Poson Poya‚ which is specially noteworthy to the Sri Lankan Buddhists as the day on which Emperor Asoka’s son‚ the arahant Mahinda‚ officially introduced Buddhism to the island in the 3rd century B.C. In addition to the normal ritualistic observances undertaken on a poya day‚ on Poson day devotees flock to Anuradhapura‚ the ancient capital city of the country‚ for it was there that arahant Mahinda converted
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the religion Hinduism. Like every Hindu‚ we celebrate Diwali. On this special day‚ my entire family goes to my cousin’s house and put fireworks. Some of the other festivals that we celebrate are Pongal‚ Karthika deepam‚ Tamil new year and Navaratri. Pongal is one of the most important festivals celebrated by Tamils all
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TRADITIONAL FORMS OF COMMUNICATION ARE STILL IN USE TODAY‚ DESPITE THE MOST ADVANCED METHODS OF MODERN COMMUNICATION. DISCUSS. N. P. Weerasooriya has done this for her project in Mass Communication‚ Aquinas University College‚ Sri Lanka. Introduction In traditional forms of communication‚ people learned and shred ideas‚ opinions and experiences in an orally transmitted manner. Within the development of language‚ the capacity to communicate become more effective
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World Literature in the Era of Multinational Capitalism." Social Text 15 (Fall 1986): 65-88. Kierkegaard‚ Soren. Repetition. Walter Lowrie‚ trans. NY: Harper Torchbooks‚ 1941. Lawrence‚ Patricia. "Violence‚ Suffering‚ Amman: The Work of Oracles in Sri Lanka ’s Eastern War Zone." Violence and Subjectivity. Veena Das et al. eds. Berkeley: U of California P‚ 2000. 171-204. Morley‚ David. "EurAm‚ Modernity‚ Reason and Alterity or‚ Postmodernism‚ the Highest Stage of Cultural Imperialism?" Stuart Hall: Critical
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WESAK Wesak also known as Vesak is a significant and crucial aspect of Buddhism that is celebrated widely by many different countries including Thailand‚ China‚ Sri Lanka and Indonesia. The ritual Parinirvana celebrates Buddha’s birth‚ enlightenment and death for both individuals and the greater Buddhist community. Buddha is celebrated in a variety of different ways from one country to another but has around 376 million adherents with identical significance of celebrating Buddha’s universal
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Marathi: दिवाळी‚ Nepali: दिपावली‚ Oriya: ଦୀପାବଳୀ‚ Sanskrit: दीपावली‚ Telugu: దీపావళి‚ Urdu: دیوالی)‚ also popularly known as the Festival of Lights‚ is an important 5-day festival in Hinduism‚ Sikhism and Jainism‚ occurring between mid-October and mid-November. Diwali is an official holiday in India [1]‚ Guyana‚ Trinidad & Tobago‚ Malaysia‚ Nepal‚ Singapore‚ Sri Lanka and Fiji. The name Diwali is itself a contraction of the word Dīpāvali दीपावली (Dīpāvali)‚ which translates into row of lamps
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1. Introduction About the Assignment This is the written assignment about marketing aspects of a company. Therefore our group decides to go with Sri Lanka Telecom Mobitel (mobile service partner) company. This report indicates the colligation between Mobitel and the Marketing Management subject. Basically we try to illustrate Mobitel’s marketing strategies‚ marketing mix‚ how they segmented the products etc. Under here we are going to firstly focus on the Products of the SLT Company
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