People perform traditional dances in Kataragama, Sri Lanka, April 14, 2025. Sri Lanka celebrated the traditional Sinhala and Tamil new year, which falls on April 14 this year. (Photo: Xinhua) ...

It is particularly performed in Matara and Bentara areas where this ritual is performed in order to curb the barrenness and the expectation of fertility for young women (Fargnoli & Seneviratne 2021).

(250416) -- KATARAGAMA, April 16, 2025 (Xinhua) -- People perform traditional dances in Kataragama, Sri Lanka, April 14, 2025. Sri Lanka celebrated the traditional Sinhala and Tamil new year, which ...

The national ceremony to celebrate the Sinhala and Tamil New Year was held earlier today at Pahala Bomiriya in Kaduwela, with ...

A cultural exchange event where Sri Lankans and Japanese residents of Kyushu come together to enjoy food, music, and dance.

The Embassy of Japan in Sri Lanka hosted a concert of Japanese traditional music by the Honganji Temple and Foundation ...

Emeritus Professor Jayasena Kottegoda, former Vice-Chancellor of the University of Visual and Performing Arts and a pioneering figure in Sri Lankan aesthetic studies, has passed away at the age of 72.