New Year Celebration In Sri Lanka By the students of Aino Number Two Girls High School

Table of the content New year celebration in Sri Lanka How do they celebrate Traditional food Traditional dress Traditional Games Traditional Bird

New Year celebration in Sri Lanka It is public holiday in Sri Lanka. It is generally celebrated on 13 April or 14 April. According to the Sinhalese astrology, New Year beings when sun moves from Meena Rashiya (the house of Pisces )to the Meena Rashiya (the house of the Aries) and it is a major anniversary celebrated by not only the Sinhalese people but by most of the Sri Lankans. The main New Year’s day being with the lighting of hearth. The families members wear new cloths and exchange gifts and a famous game usually cricket or baseball is played with the excitement by the childern.

How do they celebrate They have a social games to play and the enjoy themselves. The custom of offering betel to parents and elder symbolizes the act paying gratitude and the children receive blessing from parents. Exchanging gifts.

Traditional Food The traditional food that most often people in Sri Lanka eats.

Traditional Dress The women in Sri Lanka Wear the jackets and men wears sarong.

Traditional Games The Sri Lankan Sinhalese and Tamil New year (Aluth Avurudhu in Sinhala and Puththandu in Tamil) is a national fetival celebrated for centuries. New year games are categorised in indoor and outdoor. Some indoor games are Bello and Ksju and the outdoor games are Havari Hengima, Chaggudu and Kotta Pora.

National Bird Junglefowl is the official national bird. The colorful bird is endemic to Sri Lanka and commonly found in national parks.

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