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Below is a list of bank holidays, public holidays and full moon Poya Days in Sri Lanka for the year 2017. [1] 12 January – Duruthu Full Moon Poya Day; 14 January – Tamil Thai Pongal Day; 4 February – National Day; 10 February – Navam Full Moon Poya Day; 24 February – Mahasivarathri Day; 12 March – Madin Full Moon Poya Day
Sri Lanka, having a history as long as many ancient civilizations, positioned at the crossroads of the East and the West, and being a multicultural society, celebrates a wide variety of festivals, ceremonies and events. Every year on or about April 13 Sinhalese and Tamil people celebrate Sinhalese and Tamil New Year Festival, Muslims celebrate ...
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The most important new rice festival that happens afterwards is the Aluth Sahal Mangalle at the Sri Maha Bodhi in Anuradhapura. This festival was started by a king called Sri weera parakrama narendrasinghe in 1707. Diyawadana Nilame does the main part in this festival. This is about the first harvest in paddy situated in kundasale.
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Festivals – Sri Lanka is a multi-cultural country with several different festivals celebrated by various communities. The Kandy Esala Perahera , Sinhala and Tamil New Year celebrations , Vesak Festival, Christmas , Ramadan festival, Thai Pongal , and the Galle Literary Festival are a few of the major festivals.
Following the disaster, President Maithripala Sirisena requested the Sri Lanka Armed Forces, Police, and the Disaster Management Centre to provide assistance and relief to the victims. As per the Disaster Management Centre on 20 April 2017, the landslide caused 32 deaths with 8 more missing, and affected a total of 1,765 people. [ 2 ]