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  2. Music of Sri Lanka - Wikipedia

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    Most of the musician in Sri Lanka have come out with their own creations The temple paintings and carvings used birds, elephants, wild animals, flowers and trees. The colors were made of nature. The traditional 18 dances display the dancing of birds and animals. Mayura Wannama – The dance of the peacock.

  3. Category:Music videos shot in Sri Lanka - Wikipedia

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    H. Hungry Like the Wolf. Categories: Music videos by filming location. Films shot in Sri Lanka.

  4. Singer (Sri Lanka) - Wikipedia

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    Singer (Sri Lanka) PLC is a Sri Lankan holding company engaged in retailing and wholesale marketing home appliances and furniture. [2] The company is also taking part in financial services and manufacturing businesses. [3] The company is listed on the Colombo Stock Exchange since 1981 and in 2017, the Sri Lankan conglomerate, Hayleys acquired ...

  5. Stupas in Sri Lanka - Wikipedia

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    Stupas, also called dagebas and cetiyas, are considered an outstanding type of architectural creation of ancient Sri Lanka. Under the influence of Buddhism, there were several changes in the field of architecture in Sri Lanka. The stupa commands a prominent place among these changes. The Stupa is also known by synonymous names such as Chaithya ...

  6. Sinhala script - Wikipedia

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    v. t. e. The Sinhala script ( Sinhala: සිංහල අක්ෂර මාලාව, romanized: Siṁhala Akṣara Mālāva ), also known as Sinhalese script, is a writing system used by the Sinhalese people and most Sri Lankans in Sri Lanka and elsewhere to write the Sinhala language as well as the liturgical languages Pali and Sanskrit. [ 3]

  7. Golden Canopy of the Temple of the Tooth - Wikipedia

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    In 2002 the canopy sheets were refurbished using 4,000 gold plated ceramic tiles produced in Sri Lanka. In 2017 Prime Minister Ranil Wickramasinghe publicly promised that the canopy will be renovated. A week after, President Maithripala Sirisena gave Rs. 45 million for gold plating the golden canopy. References

  8. Horton Plains National Park - Wikipedia

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    72,645 ha. Horton Plains National Park ( Sinhala: හෝර්ටන් තැන්න ජාතික උද්‍යානය, romanized: Hortan Thanna Jathika Udyanaya) is a national park in the central highlands of Sri Lanka that was designated in 1988. It is located at an elevation of 2,100–2,300 m (6,900–7,500 ft) and encompasses ...

  9. Galle Fort - Wikipedia

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    Galle Fort ( Sinhala: ගාලු කොටුව Galu Kotuwa; Tamil: காலிக் கோட்டை, romanized: Kālik Kōṭṭai ), in the Bay of Galle on the southwest coast of Sri Lanka, was built first in 1588 by the Portuguese, then extensively fortified by the Dutch during the 17th century from 1649 onwards. It is a historical ...