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The researcher into genealogy in Sri Lanka (as in the rest of the Indian subcontinent) faces a significant problem due to the lack of reliable source material.Unlike in the West, where there has been a long tradition of documenting genealogical data (i.e.: births, marriages and deaths) from very early times, in Sri Lanka it is only after the advent of the Portuguese that such information was ...
Nederlands; 日本語; Norsk bokmål ... Religious buildings and structures in Sri Lanka by province (12 C) * Lists of religious buildings and structures in Sri Lanka ...
Classification: People: By nationality: Sri Lanka also: Countries : Sri Lanka : People This category is for notable Sri Lankan -born people, or people who identify themselves as Sri Lankan.
The Poruwa ceremony appears to have existed in Sri Lanka before the introduction of Buddhism in the 3rd century BC. The Poruwa ceremony was a valid custom as a registered marriage until the British introduced the registration of marriages by Law in 1870.
Sri Lanka-China relations started as soon as the People's Republic of China was formed in 1949. The two countries signed an important Rubber-Rice Pact in 1952. [247] Sri Lanka played a vital role at the Asian–African Conference in 1955, which was an important step in the crystallisation of the NAM. [248]
Kandyan law is the customary law that originated in the Kingdom of Kandy, which is applicable to Sri Lankans who are Buddhist and from the former provinces of the Kandyan Kingdom before the 1815 Kandyan Convention. It is one of three customary laws which are still in use in Sri Lanka. The other two customary laws are the Thesavalamai and the ...
Watercolour painting of the Dutch Reformed Church (Wolvendaal), Colombo, by J. L. K. van Dort (1888). In 1736 the governor of Ceylon, Gustaaf Willem van Imhoff, sought approval from the Dutch East India Company (Vereenigde Oost-Indische Compagnie or VOC) to demolish the existing church (Kasteel Kerk) within the Colombo Fort and construct a new one on the same site. [1]
Nederlands; 日本語; Norsk bokmål ... Pages in category "Culture of Sri Lanka" The following 16 pages are in this category, out of 16 total. ... By using this site