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Sri Lanka wins the Gold medal in the 400×4 Men's relay finals with a time of 3:01.56, competed by Aruna Darshana, Rajitha Neranjan, Kaushika Keshan and Kalinga Kumara. Meanwhile, the women's team also manages to bag the Silver medal for the 400×4 relay event with national record time of 3:33.27.
Sinhalese New Year, generally known as Aluth Avurudda ( Sinhala: අලුත් අවුරුද්ද) in Sri Lanka, is a Sri Lankan holiday that celebrates the traditional New Year of the Sinhalese people and Tamil population of Sri Lanka. It is a major anniversary celebrated by not only the Sinhalese and Tamil people but by most Sri Lankans.
Poson, also known as Poson Poya, is an annual festival held by Sri Lankan Buddhists celebrating the arrival of Buddhism in Sri Lanka in the 3rd century BC. [1] [2] The festival is the most important Poya (full moon) holiday of the year and the second most important Buddhist holiday of the year, being surpassed in importance by Vesak. [3]
Sri Lanka: 25 25 Sweden: 12 12 Switzerland: 9 15 depending on the canton Taiwan: 12 12 Thailand: 16 16 Tanzania: 16 16 Trinidad and Tobago: 18 18 Turkey: 14 14 Ukraine: 11 11 United Kingdom: 8 10 depending on nation, but 8 for England and Wales: United States: 6 11 Uruguay: 12 12 Venezuela: 14 14 Vietnam: 11 11
A Poya occurs every full moon. Uposatha is important to Buddhists all around the world, who have adopted the lunar calendar for their religious observances. Owing to the moon's fullness of size as well as its effulgence, the full moon day is treated as the most auspicious of the four lunar phases occurring once every lunar month (29.5 days) and thus marked by a holiday.
Download as PDF; Printable version; Help ... Pages in category "Public holidays in Sri Lanka" The following 17 pages are in this category, out of 17 total.
Independence Day (Sri Lanka) National Day, also known as Independence Day, [1] is a Sri Lankan national holiday celebrated annually on 4 February to commemorate the country’s political independence from British rule in 1948. It is celebrated all over the country through a flag-hoisting ceremony, dances, parades, and performances. Usually, the ...
Esala Perahera (A-suh-luh peh-ruh-ha-ruh) is a grand festival in the month of Esala held in Sri Lanka. [1] Happening in July or August in Kandy, it has become a unique symbol of Sri Lanka. It is a Buddhist festival consisting of dances and richly decorated elephants. There are fire-dances, whip-dances, Kandyan dances and various other cultural ...
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