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  2. Sinhala idioms and proverbs - Wikipedia

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    Sinhala idioms (Sinhala: රූඩි, rūḍi) and colloquial expressions that are widely used to communicate figuratively, as with any other developed language.This page also contains a list of old and popular Sinhala proverbs, which are known as prastā piruḷu (ප්‍රස්තා පිරුළු) in Sinhala.

  3. Chitrakathi - Wikipedia

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    The term Chitrakathi is the conjunction of two words: chitra meaning picture and katha meaning story. With this application, a Chitrakathi is the one who narrates stories with a visual aid. Thereby, one can imagine the rich tradition behind this art. In tribal life, there is a long-standing tradition of Chitrakathi's paintings.

  4. Amar Chitra Katha - Wikipedia

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    Amar Chitra Katha (ACK Comics) is an Indian comic book publisher, based in Mumbai, India. The company was founded in 1967 by Anant Pai . Most of its comics are based on religious legends and epics , historical figures and biographies , folktales and cultural stories.

  5. Sinhala language - Wikipedia

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    Sinhala (/ ˈ s ɪ n h ə l ə, ˈ s ɪ ŋ ə l ə / SIN-hə-lə, SING-ə-lə; [2] Sinhala: සිංහල, siṁhala, [ˈsiŋɦələ]), [3] sometimes called Sinhalese (/ ˌ s ɪ n (h) ə ˈ l iː z, ˌ s ɪ ŋ (ɡ) ə ˈ l iː z / SIN-(h)ə-LEEZ, SING-(g)ə-LEEZ), is an Indo-Aryan language primarily spoken by the Sinhalese people of Sri Lanka, who make up the largest ethnic group on the ...

  6. Sujatha Aththanayaka - Wikipedia

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    She contributed for nearly 400 Sinhala films and 20 Sri Lankan-Indian Tamil Films as a playback singer. She sang more than 6000 Sinhala songs and more than 1000 songs in 9 different languages. She sang more than 6000 Sinhala songs and more than 1000 songs in 9 different languages.

  7. Gunadasa Amarasekara - Wikipedia

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    Gunadasa Amarasekera was born in Yattalamatta in Galle District.He was educated at Mahinda College, Galle and Nalanda College Colombo. [3] [4] [5]In the early 1950s, his short story “Soma” was selected to represent Ceylon in a world short story competition organized by the New York Herald Tribune.

  8. Bimba Devi Alias Yashodhara - Wikipedia

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    Bimba Devi alias Yashodhara (බිම්බා දේවී හෙවත් යශෝධරා) is a 2018 Sri Lankan Sinhala language epic, biographical drama film written and directed by professor Sunil Ariyaratne. [2] This historical biographical film depicts the life of princess Yashodhara, the wife of Prince Siddhartha.

  9. Walauwa - Wikipedia

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    The word "Walauwa" may not have a Sinhalese origin, it is unclear whether it was a Sinhalese word from the beginning, but this word may have been adapted from the Tamil word "Walaw". In Sinhalese, it gives a plural sound rather than the singular word "Walaw" which means "Mansion". The typical Sinhala term is 'Maha Gedhara'. The English word of ...