Well, in Sri Lanka there are many celebrations, so most memorable celebration for Singhalese and Buddhists annually is the Singhala and Tamil Libyat is called as Singhala and Tamil Avarudu, which falls on 13th and 14th of every year. So, it is celebrated to celebrate when the sun enters the zodiac sign from Piscars to Aries. So, we all celebrate this as an important religious activity and we do all the activities on auspicious time. It is for specific time to do every activities during this time and we are doing some rituals like lighting the heart and oil and oil and having meals on auspicious time and also we exchange money and those other things. So, to prepare for the Singhala and Tamil Libyat, we wear new clothes and we prepare many Singhala and Tamil Libyat meals like the milk rice we are calling it as Kiribath and also Kya Koki’s, asmi, aloova. So, those are the sweets that we prepare to share with our neighbours, relatives when they come to celebrate this event during the month of April. Also, we do several games like Pancha Kaleer and Climb in the Criss-Pole and the Kottapura or the Pillow Fighting and some Khana Murti Mendeema or other deeply symbolic games that occurred during this celebration time. So, mainly it took place in our houses also the oil and oil activities occurred in the temples of Trinanka. So, this is memorable because that is the time. As a family we gathered everyone throughout the hall here. So, we had a huge holiday for the celebration of Singhala and Tamil Libyat.
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Well, in Sri Lanka, there are many celebrations, but the most memorable celebration for Sinhalese and Buddhists annually is the Sinhala and Tamil New Year, which is called Sinhala and Tamil Avarudu. It falls on the 13th and 14th of every year. It is celebrated to mark the time when the sun enters the zodiac sign from Pisces to Aries. We all celebrate this as an important religious activity, and we perform all the activities at auspicious times. There is a specific time to do every activity during this period, and we engage in rituals like lighting the hearth and oil lamps, and having meals at auspicious times. We also exchange money and other gifts. To prepare for the Sinhala and Tamil New Year, we wear new clothes and prepare many traditional meals like milk rice, which we call Kiribath, as well as Kya Koki, asmi, and aluwa. These are the sweets that we prepare to share with our neighbors and relatives when they come to celebrate this event during the month of April. We also play several games like Pancha Kaleer, climbing the grease pole, Kottapura or pillow fighting, and other deeply symbolic games that occur during this celebration. Mainly, it takes place in our homes, and the oil lamp activities occur in the temples of Trincomalee. This is memorable because it is the time when our family gathers together. We have a huge holiday for the celebration of Sinhala and Tamil New Year.
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