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Dayananda Gunawardena was born on 15 October 1934 in Halgampitiya, Udugampola Sri Lanka. His father, Don Simon, was an English teacher. Gunawardena completed his schooling at the Ugampola Government School (1943–46) and continued his education at the Veyngoda Government Secondary School (1946–51).
Sinhala words of English origin mainly came about during the period of British colonial rule in Sri Lanka. This period saw absorption of several English words into the local language brought about by the interaction between the English and Sinhala languages. These are examples of Sinhala words of English origin
Many forms of Sri Lankan arts and crafts take inspiration from the island's long and lasting Buddhist culture which in turn has absorbed and adopted countless regional and local traditions. In most instances Sri Lankan art originates from religious beliefs, and is represented in many forms such as painting, sculpture, and architecture.
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Egodahage George Wilfred Alwis Samarakoon (13 January 1911 – 2 April 1962) known as Ananda Samarakoon was a Sri Lankan (Sinhalese) composer and musician. He composed the Sri Lankan national anthem "Namo Namo Matha" and is considered the father of artistic Sinhala music and founder of the modern Sri Lankan Sinhala Geeta Sahitya (Song Literature). [1]
පණීභාරත; 24 February 1920 – 20 February 2006 [n 1] [1]), known as S. Panibharatha, was a prominent Sri Lankan dancer and choreographer. [2] Considered to be the pioneer of Sinhala classical dance, [3] Panibhratha heavily contributed to Sri Lankan dance as an art form in a career that spanned over five decades. [4]
Sirasa Lakshapathi [1] (Sinhala: සිරස ලක්ෂපති), previously known as Obada Lakshapathi Mamada Lakshapathi [2] [3] (Sinhala: ඔබ ද ලක්ෂපති මම ද ලක්ෂපති), is the one of three Sri Lankan versions for Sinhala-speaking peoples based on the British game show Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?.
A team of two people with a pre-existing relationship are presented with Rs. 5 million in 5,000 rupee notes, banded in 50 bundles of Rs. 100,000 each. The team is presented with seven general knowledge multiple-choice questions during the course of the game, with the number of options decreasing as the game progresses; the first three questions have four options, while the next three questions ...