{"id":99679,"date":"2020-03-06T12:36:53","date_gmt":"2020-03-06T19:36:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/?p=99679"},"modified":"2020-03-06T12:36:53","modified_gmt":"2020-03-06T19:36:53","slug":"exclusive-invitation-sinhala-and-tamil-new-year-festival-saturday-april-11-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/2020\/03\/06\/exclusive-invitation-sinhala-and-tamil-new-year-festival-saturday-april-11-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"Exclusive Invitation &#8211; Sinhala and Tamil New Year Festival &#8211; Saturday, April 11, 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em>Dear Sri Lankan Resident of the United States of America,<\/em><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n<p>The Committee of Sri Lanka America Association of Southern California cordially invites you to celebrate the <strong>Sinhala and Tamil New Year Festival<\/strong>, which will be held on <strong>Saturday, April 11, 2020, from 9 am to 7 pm at Woodley Park, 6350 Woodley Ave, Van Nuys, CA 91436<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The festival is featured with the following activities and offers everyone a glimpse of the exotic Sri Lankan Tradition, Culture, Food and Heritage. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<table class=\"wp-block-table\"><tbody><tr><td>\n  <strong>Time <\/strong>\n  <\/td><td>\n  <strong>Program <\/strong>\n  <\/td><\/tr><tr><td>\n  9.00 am &#8211; 9.59 am \n  <\/td><td>\n  Official Ceremony and Cultural Rituals \n  <\/td><\/tr><tr><td>\n  10.00 am \u2013 11.00 am \n  <\/td><td>\n  Authentic Sri Lankan Breakfast \n  <\/td><\/tr><tr><td>\n  11.00 am \u2013 4.00 pm \n  <\/td><td>\n  New Year Games \u2013 Avurudu Kreeda \n  <\/td><\/tr><tr><td>\n  4.01 pm \u2013 5.00 pm \n  <\/td><td>\n  Avurudu Kumari Contest \n  <\/td><\/tr><tr><td>\n  5.01 pm \u2013 5.30 pm \n  <\/td><td>\n  Cultural Show \n  <\/td><\/tr><tr><td>\n  5.31 pm \u2013 6.45 pm \n  <\/td><td>\n  Live Musical Show \n  <\/td><\/tr><tr><td>\n  6.46 pm \u2013 6.55 pm \n  <\/td><td>\n  Token of Appreciation \n  <\/td><\/tr><tr><td>\n  6.56 pm \u2013 7.00 pm \n  <\/td><td>\n  Vote of Thanks\n  <\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>\n\n\n\n<p>The Committee has invited over 10 Vendors to keep the visitors\nhappy and enjoy throughout the daylong event with the Sri Lankan authentic\nfoods such as Hoppers, String\nHoppers, Kotthu Roti, Poll Rotti, Rice &amp; Curry, Fried Rice with Devilled\nChicken, Chicken Biryani, Fish Biryani, Cutlets, Rolls, Petties, Vegetable\nRotti, Ceylon Tea, Ice Coffee, Ice Cream, Traditional Sweets, fashion clothes\nand accessories. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Once again Sri Lanka Rupavahini Corporation will do the coverage\nof this event and telecast nationwide. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This invitation is extended to your family as well as friends. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Your presence will grace the occasion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Let\u2019s celebrate the traditional Sinhala and Tamil New Year Festival with the spirit.&nbsp;\n&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sincerely,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Shanmuganathan Vaithilingam [Shan]<\/strong><br>Secretary <br>Sri Lanka America Association of Southern California.<br>Cell: [213] 399 8964<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dear Sri Lankan Resident of the United States of America, The Committee of Sri Lanka America Association of Southern California cordially invites you to celebrate the Sinhala and Tamil New Year Festival, which will be held on Saturday, April 11, 2020, from 9 am to 7 pm at Woodley Park, 6350 Woodley Ave, Van Nuys, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":true,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-99679","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-forum"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/99679","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=99679"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/99679\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=99679"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=99679"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=99679"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}