{"id":103035,"date":"2020-05-31T15:15:46","date_gmt":"2020-05-31T22:15:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/?p=103035"},"modified":"2020-05-31T15:16:15","modified_gmt":"2020-05-31T22:16:15","slug":"sri-lankans-enjoy-their-first-open-air-concert-after-lockdown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/2020\/05\/31\/sri-lankans-enjoy-their-first-open-air-concert-after-lockdown\/","title":{"rendered":"Sri Lankans enjoy their first open air concert after lockdown."},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em>Courtesy NewsIn.Asia<\/em><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Proceeds from the drive-in concert at Ratmalana airport went to the President&#8217;s COVID relief fund<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/newsin.asia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/The-throng-at-the-open-air-musical-show-1-612x375.jpg\" alt=\"Si Lankans enjoy their first open air concert after lockdown\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Colombo, May 31 (newsin.asia): People of Colombo had their first open air entertainment after the two-month lockdown on May 30.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Young people thronged the Ratmalana domestic airport in over 600 cars to listen to the popular singing duo, Bathiya and Santhush.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At dusk, the stage was lit up and youngsters waved torches and danced to the strains of popular Sri Lankan numbers.<ins><\/ins><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/newsin.asia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Sense-of-joy-after-two-months-of-the-lockdown.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-42028\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>The police ensured that people remained near their vehicles and social distance was maintained.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Charges depended on the size of the vehicle, with the lowest ticket being Rs.5000, for a car that can accommodate four people; and a vehicle which can accommodate 6 to 8 people, Rs.7000.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/newsin.asia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/crowd-at-the-open-air-music-show.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-42025\"\/><figcaption>The crowd at the open air music show<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The proceeds of the concert, organized as part of the Restart Sri Lanka\u201d campaign,&nbsp;will go to the President\u2019s COVID relief fund Itukama\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Another concert is planned for June1.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(Photos: A.Hapuarachchi\/Xinhua)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Courtesy NewsIn.Asia Proceeds from the drive-in concert at Ratmalana airport went to the President&#8217;s COVID relief fund Colombo, May 31 (newsin.asia): People of Colombo had their first open air entertainment after the two-month lockdown on May 30. Young people thronged the Ratmalana domestic airport in over 600 cars to listen to the popular singing duo, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":true,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[122],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-103035","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-health"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/103035","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=103035"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/103035\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=103035"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=103035"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=103035"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}