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Dear undergraduates,
This is a kind reminder that the application deadline is near and there are only three more days to go... So grab this opportunity to evaluate your Sinhala spoken skill.

First year undergraduates, this is a golden opportunity for you...
Hope you'll all grab this chance asap!!!
So please if you're really enthusiastic to learn how to speak Sinhala, and basic writing skills then this is suitable for you.
What are you waiting for?
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Application deadline : 2021.12.19

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Do you know the Sinhala language is the most used language by a majority in Sri Lanka? But we can see there is a gap between the Sinhala native speakers and Tamil native speakers. So to fill that gap what can we do from our side? Let's think!!!

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Muniba Mazari
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No more Gender Inequality...🙌
Be strong... ❤💪
It's your life... Live as how you want...🎊
No more Patriarchy... 🙌

"ප්‍රේම වඩා සැම භේද දුරුර දා..."
"இயலுறு பிளவுகள் தமை அறவே
இழிவென நீக்கிடுவோம்"
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HISTORY OF ‘NAMO NAMO THAYEE’
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"Sri Lanka Matha" is the national anthem of Sri Lanka. Sri Lanka Matha was composed by Ananda Samarakoon and was originally titled "Namo Namo Matha". Sri Lanka Matha was first performed at an official ceremony on 4 February 1949 at the Independence Memorial Hall in Torrington Square during the national day ceremony. The anthem was given full constitutional recognition in the 1978 Second Republican Constitution. Also "Namo Namo Matha" was first sung as Ceylon's official national anthem at the independence day ceremony in 1952.

At the first independence day ceremony held on 4 February 1949 at the Independence Memorial Hall in Torrington Square both "Namo Namo Matha" and "Sri Lanka Matha Pala Yasa Mahima" was sung, in Sinhala and Tamil, as "national songs".

The Sri Lankan national anthem is available in an identical version in two languages, Sinhala and Tamil, both official languages of the country. The anthem was translated into the Tamil language by M. Nallathamby.

It is just one of a number that is sung in more than one language:
 Belgium (French, Dutch, and German)
 Canada (English, French, and Inuktitut)
 Finland (Finnish, Swedish), New Zealand (English and Māori)
 South Africa (Xhosa, Zulu, Sesotho, Afrikaans, and English)
 Suriname (Dutch and Sranan Tongo)
 Switzerland (German, French, Italian, and Romansh)

Sri Lanka Thaaye, the Tamil version of the Sri Lankan national anthem, is an exact translation of Sri Lanka Matha, the Sinhala version, and has the same music. Although it has existed since independence in 1948.

The majority of Sri Lankans (around 75%) speak the Sinhala language. More specifically, "Tamil is the native language for the Tamil people, who constitute about 15% of Sri Lankans, and for Muslims who are nearly 10%", according to the BBC.
Until early 2016, the Sinhala version was the only one to be used during official government events and it was the only version used during international sports and other events. Although the Sinhala version of the anthem was used at official/state events, the Tamil version was also sung at some events in spite of the unofficial ban which ended in early 2016.

Some reports indicate that the Tamil version was used at official events held in the Tamil speaking regions in the North and East of Sri Lanka and was sung at Tamil medium schools throughout the country. The Tamil version was even used during the period when Sinhala was the only official language of the country (1956–87).

On 12 December 2010 The Sunday Times reported that the Cabinet of Sri Lanka headed by President Mahinda Rajapaksa had taken the decision to scrap the Tamil translation of "Sri Lanka Matha" at official and state functions, as "in no other country was the national anthem used in more than one language" - even though the national anthems of Belgium, Switzerland, Canada and those of several other countries have more than one language version. And the Government minister Wimal Weerawansa had labeled the Tamil version as a "joke" on Derana TV.

In December of 2010, the cabinet’s decision to scrap the Tamil translation of the anthem caused many furors in Sri Lanka. Later, the government denied allegations that the Tamil translation was to be abolished.

In March 2015 newly elected President Maithripala Sirisena announced that he would be issuing a circular which would state that there was no ban on singing the national anthem in Tamil. Sirisena's announcement was attacked by Sinhalese Buddhist nationalists.

During Sri Lanka's 68th national independence day celebrations on 4 February 2016, the Tamil version of the anthem was sung for the first time since 1949 at an official government event, the independence day celebrations.

But in 2020 the Sri Lankan government stopped using the Tamil version of the national anthem at Independence Day celebrations.

References
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sri_Lanka_Matha #:~:text=%22Namo%20Namo%20Matha%22%20was%20first,deaths%20of%20two%20prime%20ministers.

இனிய தைப்பொங்கல் வாழ்த்துக்கள்
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Basically it is a harvesting festival or it can be considered as the 'thanksgiving' festival' because this festival is celebrated to thank the Sun God and Lord Indra for helping farmers in getting better-yielding crops. During the festival, people reject old belongings and welcome new stuff.

இது அடிப்படையில் ஒரு அறுவடை விழாப்பண்டிகை அல்லது இது 'நன்றி செலுத்தும்' விழா என்று கருதலாம், ஏனெனில் இந்த பண்டிகை சூரிய கடவுள் மற்றும் இந்திரனுக்கு நன்றி செலுத்துவதற்காக கொண்டாடப்படுகிறது. காரண‌ம் விவசாயிகளுக்கு சிறந்த விளைச்சல் தரும் பயிர்களைப் பெற இவை உதவுகிறது. விழாப்பண்டிகையின் போது, ​​மக்கள் பழைய பொருட்களை நிராகரித்து புதிய விஷயங்களை வரவேற்பார்கள்.

මූලික වශයෙන් එය අස්වනු නෙළීමේ උත්සවයක් හෝ එය 'ස්තුති කිරීමේ උත්සවය' ලෙස සැලකිය හැකිය. මන්ද මෙම උත්සවය සමරනු ලබන්නේ ගොවීන්ට හොඳ අස්වැන්නක් ලබා ගැනීමට උපකාර කිරීම ගැන සූර්ය දෙවියන්ට සහ ඉන්ද්‍ර දෙවියන්ට ස්තූති කිරීම සඳහාය. උත්සවය අතරතුර, මිනිසුන් පැරණි දේ ප්‍රතික්ෂේප කරන අතර නව දේවල් පිළිගනී.