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	Sri Lanka - Facts, Information, and Encyclopedia Reference article
		The Sri Lankan climate is tropical, characterized by monsoons: the northeast monsoon lasting from December to March, and the southwest monsoon from June to October.
		Sri Lanka is a centre of bird endemism.
		Sri Lanka is historically famous for its cinnamon and tea (introduced by the British in the 19th century).
	www.startsurfing.com /encyclopedia/s/r/i/Sri_Lanka_9993.html (2567 words)

	Music of Sri Lanka - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The music of Sri Lanka originate in the cultural traditions deriving from Buddhism, from the aftereffects of Portuguese colonization, and the commercial and historical influence of Indian culture.
		Buddhism is said to have arrived in Sri Lanka after the Buddha's visit to the island in 300 BC.
		Sri Lankan pop/filmi music managed to hold a large portion of Sri Lanka's market during the late 1960s and early 1970s, but by 1980, Indian film music had again displaced local musicians as the highest-selling sector of the Sri Lankan music industry.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Music_of_Sri_Lanka (1124 words)

	Sri Lankan Music
		Sri Lanka had traditional folk music from the beginning of its race, which has been enjoyed and developed under the Buddhist environment.They were used by the ordinary people.
		Sri Lanka did not produced films and had to export from India during the early periods.
		British wanted to introduce western music to Sri Lanka during their period of rule from 1815.It was a success and soon Sri Lankan were able to learn the piano as it was not that difficult to learn as Indian music.
	www.mysrilanka.com /travel/lanka/art/music.htm (448 words)

	Music of Sri Lanka (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		Sri Lanka is an island of the Southern coast of India.
		Buddhism arrived in Sri Lanka after the Buddha's visit in 300 BC, while the Portuguese arrived in the 15th century, bringing with them cantiga ballads, ukuleles and guitars, along with African slaves, who further diversified the musical roots of the island.
		The native pop-filmi music dominated the market in Sri Lanka during the late 1960s and early 1970s, but by the end of the decade, Indian film and music again became the best-selling sector of the Sri Lankan music industry.
	music-of-sri-lanka.kiwiki.homeip.net (773 words)

	Sri Lanka - Gurupedia
		The entire island was ceded to the British in 1796 and became a crown colony in 1802.
		As Ceylon it became independent in 1948; in 1972 its name was changed to Sri Lanka and the capital was moved to Kotte.
		The Sri Lankan climate is tropical and characterised by
	www.gurupedia.com /s/sr/sri_lanka.htm (1069 words)

	travelsrilanka - Music & Dance - Sri Lanka
		Sri Lanka's music, like so much of its culture, has multiple origins that are revealed through its legends.
		In the prehistoric era, Sri Lanka was inhabited by people referred to in the Mahawamsa as Yakkas, probably ancestors of the Veddas.
		The performing arts of Sri Lanka in the 21st century typically combine song, dance and drama, with mime, acrobatics, costume and prose dialogue.
	www.travelsrilanka.com /index.cfm?PAGE=626 (349 words)

	...::: L.A. Baila - Sri lankan Radio & Concert News & Photographs & MP3 & Bands :::..
		The Portuguese 'baila' music was a hit in Ceylon and over the years Sri Lankans have adapted this music, mixing it with Calypso sounds and adding electric guitars, synthesizers and percussion.
		It is the favored musical sound for parties, concerts, weddings, music shows on the island and Sri Lankans have exported their version of baila around the world.
		Sri Lankan stars like Desmond de Silva, Annesley Malewana and the supergroup The Gypsies, have performed baila songs all over the world including the United States, Canada, United Kingdom, France, Germany, India and Australia.
	www.labaila.com (582 words)

	Culture of Sri Lanka - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Currently in some of the major cities in Sri Lanka you should prepare yourself to be dazzled (some may say loss of identity) by the assimilation/influence of western culture into Sri Lankan community.
		Sri Lanka is also one of the best tea producing countries in the World and the Royal Family of the United Kingdom has been known to drink Ceylon tea.
		The Buddhist community of Sri Lanka observe Poya Days, which are also important days of prayers to the Hindus, once per month according to the Lunar calendar.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Culture_of_Sri_Lanka (1032 words)

	Sri Lanka Music,Religious Music of Sri Lanka,Religious Classic Music of Sri Lankan
		Buddhism, Indian classical music and the Portuguese colonizers were the three biggest influences on Sri Lanka’s music scenario.
		Film music was copied from the Indian counterparts.“Rekhawa” produced by Sir Lester James Peiris was the first Sri Lankan film produced using Sri Lankan music.
		The British introduced western music to Sri Lanka during their period of rule from 1815 to when the country gained freedom in 1948.
	srilanka.tourism-asia.net /sri-lanka-music.html (453 words)

	::::::: irajonline.com ::::::: [The door to the Asian urban music] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		Weeraratne is Sri Lanka’s maestro of hip-hop and the island’s new generation star.
		In modern Sri Lanka, the phenomenal growth of hip hop culture, and the ability of this music to blend into the island’s cultural and social context, have been catapulted by Iraj’s iconic influence in shaping the interests of this tiny nation’s music tastes.
		Before Sri Lanka knew it, Iraj was spurning hit after hit, totalling a set of 7 number one hits out of 12 single releases.
	www.irajonline.com /bio.htm (442 words)

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		In Sri Lanka all the electronic media survive on the broadcast or telecast of the songs of the artistes without paying a single cent as royalty to them.
		In all the media organizations in Sri Lanka lots of advertisements are used within each and every musical programme put over the air.
		If the law is properly administered in Sri Lanka, the illegal distortions, unauthorized copying of creations, mutilations, piracy and other illegal forms of robbing the works of art from the right owners could be stopped.
	www.infolanka.com /kp/sanwada1.htm (525 words)

	World Music Central - Sri Lanka celebrates 80 years in Broadcasting
		The Sri Lanka Broadcasting Corporation formerly known as Radio Ceylon and before that as Colombo Radio is the oldest radio station in South Asia.
		Gramophone music was broadcast from a tiny room in the Central Telegraph Office, with the aid of a small transmitter built by the Telegraph Department engineers from the radio equipment of a captured German submarine.
		In 1972 after Sri Lanka became a republic the station was known as the Sri Lanka Broadcasting Corporation.
	www.worldmusiccentral.org /article.php/2006011112411332 (494 words)

	Amara Sara Arana - Introduction (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		This is a tribute to a master musician whose contribution to the music scene in Sri Lanka spanning a period of more than five decades has been an incomparable one.
		His music has been the most influential force in forging what could be called a truly Sri Lankan music with a unique national character and identity.
		At a time in the past when Sinhala music was at crossroads, his music provided the necessary direction and infused it with a fresh vigour.
	www.amaradeva.com /index.htm (850 words)

	Sinhala Jukebox Community - Bringing Sri Lankan Music Fans Together (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		Sri Lankan stars like Sunil Shantha and Surya Shankar Molligoda became popular in India as well as their homeland, and Radio Ceylon soon found itself with more Indian listeners than Sri Lankan ones.
		Ancient Moorish merchants called Sri lanka the “Isle of delight” To early Arab traders it was “Serendib”, the land of happy surprises, and to the medieval explorer Marco Polo, “the finest island in all the world”.
		Mahatma Gandhi was convinced that Sri Lanka’s natural beauty was “unsurpassed on the face of the earth”.
	community.sinhalajukebox.org /index.php?page=48 (2189 words)

	Sri Lanka - udayanetsl@yahoo.com
		At a crossroads of maritime routes traversing the Indian Ocean, Sri Lanka has also been exposed to cultural influences from other Asian civilizations.
		In 1948, after nearly 150 years of British rule, Sri Lanka became an independent country, and it was admitted to the United Nations seven years later.
		Colombo, which emerged as the main urban centre during British rule, remains the capital of Sri Lanka.
	www.geocities.com /udayanet2002/srilanka.htm (325 words)

	Samples of Sri Lanka Music and Sinhala Songs at Kapruka
		Kapruka's Sri Lanakan music CD collection's goal is to build a comprehensive set of Music CD choices for Sri Lankans living around the world.
		All music CDs are Kapruka are produced by the original record labels including Singlanka, Torana and Ransisul.
		Sri Lanka: 400/60/7 Sarana Road, Colombo 7, Sri Lanka.
	www.lanka.info /Sri_Lanka/music.jsp (130 words)

	Sri Lanka Travel Information \| Lonely Planet Destination Guide
		For a small island, Sri Lanka has many nicknames: Serendib, Ceylon, Teardrop of India, Resplendent Isle, Island of Dharma, Pearl of the Orient.
		Fighting between the Sri Lankan government and the LTTE (Tamil Tiger) faction is intensifying.
		Elephants in Sri Lanka were once royal property, and it was forbidden to kill them.
	www.lonelyplanet.com /worldguide/destinations/asia/sri-lanka (344 words)

	Mario's Cyberspace Station: Sri Lanka
		DescriptionFounded in 1976, the LTTE is the most powerful Tamil group in Sri Lanka and uses overt and illegal methods to raise funds, acquire weapons, and publicize its cause of establishing an independent Tamil state.
		The LTTE began its armed conflict with the Sri Lankan government in 1983 and relies on a guerrilla strategy that includes the use of terrorist tactics.
		The gruesome brutality and wanton destruction that the LTTE has unleashed in its campaign to create a separate 'Tamil Only' state in Sri Lanka is sustained by funds generated abroad by extortion from Tamil Expatriates, and from trade in arms, narcotic trafficking, smuggling of illegal immigrants and money laundering.
	mprofaca.cro.net /news110.html (954 words)

	World Heritage Sites of Sri Lanka,UNESCO World Heritage Sri Lankan Sites
		This was second capital of Sri Lanka established after the destruction of Anuradhapura in 993.
		The crowning glory of Polonnaruwa is upheld by the Brahmanic monuments built by the Cholas, the monumental ruins of the fabulous garden-city created by Parakramabahu I in the 12th century.
		It is the quintessence of a fortified city built by Europeans in South and South-East Asia, and an intricate blend of European architecture and South Asian traditions.
	srilanka.tourism-asia.net /world-heritage-sites-of-srilanka.html (481 words)

	indi.ca » Music
		I think Sri Lankans look a bit silly as death metal rockers or gangster rappers, but the rock music doesn’t make me cringe.
		Streaming in Sri Lanka sounds like coolies are painfully carrying each packet on their back, that is, it doesn’t work.
		The music was good, especially the brilliant cellist/bassist/guitarist, but the crowd wasn’t moving.
	indi.ca /category/art/music (880 words)

	Sri Lanka - Search Results - MSN Encarta
		Sri Lanka, officially Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, formerly Ceylon, island republic in the Indian Ocean off the south-eastern coast of...
		Bandaranaike, Sirimavo Ratwatte Dias (1916-2000), Prime Minister of Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) in 1960-1965, 1970-1977, and 1994-2000, the first woman...
		Bandaranaike, Solomon West Ridgeway Dias (1899-1959), prime minister of Ceylon (now Sri Lanka; 1956-1959), born in Horagolla.
	uk.encarta.msn.com /Sri_Lanka.html (99 words)

	RTE News - Blast at music concert in Sri Lanka kills eight
		RTE News - Blast at music concert in Sri Lanka kills eight
		At least eight people have been killed and more than 200 people injured in an explosion in north-western Sri Lanka.
		A police spokesman said that the blast occurred at a music concert in a packed stadium in the city of Kurunegala, which is 50 miles north of the capital, Colombo.
	www.rte.ie /news/2001/0401/srilanka.html (124 words)

	World Music Central - Sri Lanka Remembers the Legendary Vernon Corea
		Neville Jayaweera, former Chairman and Director-General of the Sri Lanka Broadcasting Corporation paid a tribute to Vernon Corea: 'I first heard of Vernon Corea, as many others too did, before I had ever met him face to face.
		This was the program that served as a channel through which popular American music, particularly "Country and Western" songs poured into Sri Lanka and fashioned the musical tastes and values of a whole youth generation.
		Des Kelly, the Sri Lanka born star now living in Melbourne in Australia noted: 'Vernon Corea will always be fondly remembered by his colleagues and friends as a man who gave freely of his time to aspiring “artistes” and other radio personalities alike.
	www.worldmusiccentral.org /article.php/20050919130024454 (679 words)

	travelsrilanka - Sri Lanka
		Taprobane, Serendib, Ceilao, Zeilan, Ceylon, Sri Lanka no matter what the era, what the name, the island has always attracted the discerning traveller and often evoked comparisons with Paradise.
		important in this respect, for Sri Lanka is a veritable microcosm.
		Indeed Sri Lanka's most famous foreign resident, Sir Arthur C. Clarke, once wrote: "The island is a small universe; it contains as many variations of culture, scenery and climate as some countries a dozen times its size."
	www.travelsrilanka.com /index.cfm (96 words)

	Harsha Makalande
		Music had an important role to play in his creations, and the Music of Sri Lanka benefited immensley by what came out of these productions.
		The music was composed by the brilliant Indian musician Vishvanath Louji, at the request of John de Silva.
		The Colombo Symphony Orchestra which performed the piece was conducted by Dr. Earl de Foseka (29th of May 1992, at the Ladies College Auditorium).The Colombo Symphony Orchestra is now known as theSymphony Orchestra of Sri Lanka, or the SOSL.
	www.harshamakalande.com (536 words)

	Sri Lanka Music News - Media Monitoring Service by EIN News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		Bryan Western, Head of Music at King Jamesâs School presented the cheque for Â£300 to President Hazel Haas of...
		Sri Lanka consumer prices rise by 2.3% in December keeping 12-month inflation at 19.3%.
		Sri Lanka 3Q06 GDP 7.5%, says Central Bank while cutting full-year growth to 7%.
	www.einnews.com /srilanka/newsfeed-sri-lanka-music (772 words)

	The World Factbook -- Sri Lanka
		Occupied by the Portuguese in the 16th century and by the Dutch in the 17th century, the island was ceded to the British in 1796, became a crown colony in 1802, and was united under British rule by 1815.
		As Ceylon, it became independent in 1948; its name was changed to Sri Lanka in 1972.
		Sri Lanka's most dynamic sectors now are food processing, textiles and apparel, food and beverages, telecommunications, and insurance and banking.
	srilanka.noggle.com (1260 words)

	Dhammika.com -Sri Lankan Bands,Singers, Sinhala Baila music & songs Sri Lanka
		I was born in Colombo, Sri Lanka and migrated to USA in 1981.
		I used to play with "Steel Wings" in Sri Lanka with Rohan Wijesundara, Rukman Wickramasinghe, Nihal Mahindarathne and Duncan Karunarathne.
		In this site, my goal is to provide information about Los Angeles based Sri Lankan Live bands, songs, albums by local (L.A.) artists and community events as well as songs from Sri Lanka, India and throughout the World.
	labaila.com /Dhammika/index.html (187 words)

	Music: Helping Sri Lanka recover (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		100% of proceeds from this benefit will go to the Sri Lanka Children's Fund, which has been set up under the aegis of the The Women's Foundation of California, a highly-regarded philanthropic organization based in San Francisco.
		Aid from the Fund shall be used to directly support the efforts of a number of very effective organizations on the ground in Sri Lanka in the wake of the tsunami with particular emphasis on helping women and orphaned children immediately AND in the long term.
		If you can't make it on Friday but still want to support the Fund's work in Sri Lanka's Eastern Province, please send your cheques to either Pireeni or directly to the fund as described here.
	www.wordandviolin.com /wav/sl-plough.html (144 words)

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