So the most memorable festival or celebrations that I have attended is the singhalan Tamil Nibbia or the Avaradu celebrations. As Sri Lankans we celebrate it annually because it is a vibrant celebrations marking the beginning of Nibbia in Sri Lanka. So it typically occurs on April 13th and 14th of every year. So significantly it celebrates the sun’s transit from Piskas to Aries. So we all are doing all the activities on auspicious time. So that is a cultural and traditional celebration that is very important for both singhalis and tamis. So we celebrate with various rituals and traditions like the first one is we are doing the lightning, the heart and then we are having our meals and we do worshipping elders and we do all other transactions, money transactions for the new beginnings on those days. So after that we are doing some Avaradu games like pancha ke liya. So it is a board game like Ludo and we do the kattapura or the pillow fighting game and also climbing the Greece Paul and so those are the things and we prepare or make many traditional sweets like kaon, cockies and the moon kaon and asmi. So those are the most native food that we prepare for our Avaradu celebration. So it is a food and feast season and most of the delicious traditional dishes like kiribath and kiribath means that milk and rice is cooked with the coconut milk. So we treat others, we share our new clothes and we treat others during this Avaradu celebration. So it is very memorable for me actually many celebrations are occurred in our home and the university premises.
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So the most memorable festival or celebration that I have attended is the Singhalan Tamil Nibbia or the Avaradu celebrations. As Sri Lankans, we celebrate it annually because it is a vibrant celebration marking the beginning of Nibbia in Sri Lanka. It typically occurs on April 13th and 14th of every year. Significantly, it celebrates the sun's transit from Pisces to Aries. We perform all the activities at auspicious times. This is a cultural and traditional celebration that is very important for both Singhalese and Tamils. We celebrate with various rituals and traditions. The first one is lighting the hearth, then we have our meals, worship our elders, and conduct all other transactions, including money transactions for new beginnings on those days. After that, we play some Avaradu games like Pancha Keliya, which is a board game similar to Ludo. We also play Kattapura, or the pillow fighting game, and climb the grease pole. We prepare many traditional sweets like Koon, cookies, and Asmi. These are the most native foods that we prepare for our Avaradu celebration. It is a food and feast season, featuring many delicious traditional dishes like Kiribath, which is rice cooked with coconut milk. We treat others, share our new clothes, and show hospitality during this Avaradu celebration. It is very memorable for me; many celebrations occur in our home and on the university premises.
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