{"id":113599,"date":"2021-04-17T16:05:05","date_gmt":"2021-04-17T23:05:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/?p=113599"},"modified":"2021-04-17T16:05:05","modified_gmt":"2021-04-17T23:05:05","slug":"embassy-of-sri-lanka-celebrates-sinhala-tamil-new-year-sunday-18-april-2021-from-1100-est-onwards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/2021\/04\/17\/embassy-of-sri-lanka-celebrates-sinhala-tamil-new-year-sunday-18-april-2021-from-1100-est-onwards\/","title":{"rendered":"Embassy of Sri Lanka celebrates Sinhala &#038; Tamil New Year Sunday 18 April 2021 from 1100 EST onwards"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em>Embassy of Sri Lanka Washington D.C.<\/em><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n<p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe Embassy of Sri Lanka, in collaboration with\nits \u2018Overseas Sri Lankans (OSL) Network\u2019 in the USA, will celebrate Sinhala and\nTamil New Year on Sunday, April 18, 2021, from 11.00&nbsp;am onwards. Modeled\non the Ratawata Aurudu\u201d programmes done connecting main cities in Sri Lanka\nduring the New Year, the celebrations conducted via zoom\/facebook to allow connecting\nsmall gatherings consistent with COVID guidelines, will be joined by members of\nthe Sri Lanka community and Friends of Sri Lanka from cities across the USA.<br><br>\nBuddhist, Hindu, Islamic and Christian religious blessings will precede the\nobservance of New Year customs and rituals that will re-create the sense of\nfestivity and provide an understanding of Sri Lankan traditions and culture,\nespecially to children who have grown up in the US, as well as to the Americans\nwho will be joining.<br><br>\nThe Message for the New Year from President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, and greetings\nfrom Ambassador to the USA Ravinatha Arysinha, Permanent Representative to the\nUN in New York Ambassador Dr. Mohan Peiris and Consul General in Los Angeles\nDr. Lalith Chandradasa will also be featured during the webcast.<br><br>\nThe cultural programme that will follow will showcase 25 colorful dance\/musical\nitems from children, youth groups and adults from Washington D.C and over\n15&nbsp;States across the US &#8211; Maryland, California, Missouri, Texas, Georgia,\nNew Jersey, New York, Ohio, Illinois, South Carolina, Massachusetts, New\nMexico, Washington, Florida, and Hawaii.<br><br>\nThe Embassy invites Sri Lankans and Friends of Sri Lanka living across the US\nto join in these festivities organized as part of the Embassy\u2019s outreach\nprogramme through the recently established \u2018OSL Network\u2019, which now spans all\n50 States and contributes to advancing Sri Lanka\u2019s interests through political\nadvocacy, economic empowerment, socio-cultural engagement and several other\ncross cutting areas.<br><br>\nEmbassy of Sri Lanka<br>\nWashington D.C.<br>\n16 April 2021<br><br><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Embassy of Sri Lanka Washington D.C. The Embassy of Sri Lanka, in collaboration with its \u2018Overseas Sri Lankans (OSL) Network\u2019 in the USA, will celebrate Sinhala and Tamil New Year on Sunday, April 18, 2021, from 11.00&nbsp;am onwards. Modeled on the Ratawata Aurudu\u201d programmes done connecting main cities in Sri Lanka during the New Year, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":true,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[167],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-113599","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/113599","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=113599"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/113599\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=113599"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=113599"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=113599"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}