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  2. Music of Sri Lanka - Wikipedia

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    A Musician in Sri Dalada Maligawa - Temple of the Tooth. The music of Sri Lanka has its roots in five primary influences: ancient folk rituals, Hindu religious traditions, Buddhist religious traditions, the legacy of European colonisation, and the commercial and historical influence of nearby Indian culture—specifically, Kollywood cinema and Bollywood cinema.

  3. Thimpu principles - Wikipedia

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    The Thimpu principles or Thimpu Declaration were a set of four demands put forward by the Sri Lankan Tamil delegation at the first peace talks undertaken regarding the Sri Lankan civil war. In July–August 1985 the Indian government organised peace talks in Thimphu , Bhutan aimed at bringing an end to the Sri Lankan civil war between Sri ...

  4. Dinesh Subasinghe - Wikipedia

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    Dinesh Subasinghe (born 10 July 1979) is a Sri Lankan composer, violinist, and music producer. He composed Karuna Nadee, a Buddhist oratorio, [1] and re-introduced a lost, ancient musical instrument known as the ravanahatha to Sri Lanka.

  5. Category:Music of Sri Lanka - Wikipedia

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    Download as PDF; Printable version; In other projects ... Pages in category "Music of Sri Lanka" The following 15 pages are in this category, out of 15 total.

  6. Nadeeka Guruge - Wikipedia

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    [citation needed] His first serious musical work was "Sanyugma" a folk and applied music production with Marcello Titto Li, a Bolivian folk musician, in 1999. [ citation needed ] Since then he has been working in movies, tele dramas, stage dramas, songs and advertising.

  7. Baila music - Wikipedia

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    Baila (also known as bayila; from the Portuguese verb bailar, meaning to dance [1]) is a form of music, popular in Sri Lanka and among Goan Catholics in India. The genre originated centuries ago among the Portuguese Burghers and Sri Lankan Kaffirs. Baila songs are played during parties and weddings in Sri Lanka, Goa, and Mangalore accompanied ...

  8. The Cage (Weiss book) - Wikipedia

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    In the book Weiss recounts "in chilling detail" the final stages of the civil war, how the Sri Lankan military achieved victory and the price paid for peace by all of Sri Lanka's ethnic communities. [10] [11] It details how hundreds of thousands of civilians were held hostage by the Tamil Tigers in an ever-decreasing area (the cage) in northern ...

  9. W. D. Amaradeva - Wikipedia

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    His opus, however, remains the work he did with Sri Lanka's celebrated lyricist Mahagama Sekera, in exploring the contours of fusing classical Sinhala poetry with his unique musical intonation. In time, Amaradeva's music came to reflect an entire philosophy, reflective of the spirit of a nation.