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Premlanka Hotel
Dickwella Beach, Southern Sri Lanka
Sri Lankan New Year Festival:
New Year: Buying New Clothes
New Year: Buying Temple Pujas
Around the 13th, 14th April each year, Sri Lankans celebrate the Sinhalese and Tamil New Year with a family festival; wearing new clothes, performing rituals such as making kiribath, exchanging presents. People observe traditional customs with merrymaking, fun, games and lavish hospitality. In 2012, the New Year festival started on 13th April.
In accordance with widely observed customs, cooking fires are re-lit & the first meal of the New Year is eaten at the auspicious time decreed for that New Year. This auspicious time can be late at night or in the early hours of the morning.
New Year: Buying Oil Lamps
For Temple Pujas
New Year: Lighting Lamp
For First Meal
New Year: Money Gift,
Wrapped in Banana Leaf
New Year: Public Sports
Dickwella is a coastal market town, between Matara and Tangalle; Sometimes spelt Dikwella or Dikwalle; Also called Dikwella South.
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