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English language stories
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1.Chanting
of Pirith -
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Chanting of Pirith is a Buddhist Religious ritual. It deals
with the chanting of selected "Sutras" loudly and
ceremoniously. Sutras are a religious precept which are composed
in to hymns with a story behind them. They can be sung in..............
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2.Snake
bite. -by
Udaya Kumara Andrew
A web sit about snakes in Sri Lanka........
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3. Indigenous
people in Sri Lanka
The indigenous people of Sri Lanka, Veddahs, are basically
divided in to seven tribes. Most Veddhas live in the area called
Mahiyangana. On the 26 th of November year 2000, we paid
a visit to their village to meet the leader of the indigenous people
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4. Searching
for the kittel roots- by Tanya Notley
............this photographic article
reviews a day spent searching for a story about kittel (local
honey) production.
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5. Savenarapitiya
Patthini Dewalaya -by Kosala and Nilantha Keerthirathn
............a story explaining
the origins of a local Buddhist temple told to brothers Kosala and Nilantha
by the man who prepares offerings and prayers for the gods.
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6. The
Dolomite Caves Of Ekiriya-by Suresh
Dharmaratne
.............Suresh shares an adventurous tale integrating
caving adventures, stalgmite formations and poetic reflections.
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7. Galboda
Falls- by Iresh Madhuranga and Nirosh Pathirana
.............There is no experience like a train trip through the
central mountains of Sri Lanka. Iresh and Nirosh describe the moving
images as they travel to Galboda Falls
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8. Following
the Tooth Relic- by Premalal Wijesinghe
..............The Tooth Relic Of Buddha is perhaps the countries
most holy shrine and has a long, complex history as the custodian
to the sovereign power in Sri Lanka.
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9.
Royal Messages- by Rasika
Marambay
..............Sri Lankas history
is rich with stories of powerful kingdoms falling and risings. Hidden
among this history are Sandesas (messages) that were written by
reigning kings to the gods. These messages -written in prose- reveal
a rich culture and belief system. Rasika immerses herself in our
local libraries to investigate.
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WEB SITES
1. Mahaweli
Dam Project- by Buddhika
Sampath
..............Buddhika decided to
make a website of his school project. Buddhika lives close to the
Kothmale Dam and in this web site he researches the engineering,
history as well as the positive and negative aspects of the project
for the community. (Bilingual site-Sinhala and English)
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2.
Temple of Ambakka
..............There are many historical monuments that reveal the
Sri Lankan heritage in the hill capital- the temple of Ambakka is
very special because it has some of the greatest carvings in the
country....this website reveals the mystery and colour of the temples'
history and construction.
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3.
Snakes in Sri Lanka
.............(in Sinhala language). Kosla's makes his school project
a website which provides information about the snakes found in Sri
lanka. The site provides information about first aid and instructs
people how to treat snakes with the hope of preventing the unnecesary
killing of snakes due to fear. It also has some very humourous little
animations!
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4.
Meet Kosala!
.............The first of a series of upcoming homepages. Kosala
designed this site whilst learning HTML and animation. Mad
scientist, come computer addict come thoughtful philosopher,
Kosala reveals his personal history- his unique honesty is both
amusing and moving and gives us a rare insight into Sri lankan culture
and lifestyle.
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5. See
Buddhika!
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all information are in my home page
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