{"id":23852,"date":"2018-02-21T12:03:01","date_gmt":"2018-02-21T12:03:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/?p=23852"},"modified":"2018-02-21T12:03:01","modified_gmt":"2018-02-21T12:03:01","slug":"touch-lanka-australia-day-parade-marie-pietersz-melbourne","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/touch-lanka-australia-day-parade-marie-pietersz-melbourne\/","title":{"rendered":"A touch of Lanka in Australia Day Parade &#8211; by Marie Pietersz (Melbourne)"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #808000;\">A touch of Lanka in Australia Day Parade &#8211; by Marie Pietersz (Melbourne)<\/span><\/h1>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Marie-Pietersz.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-12891\" 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decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-23867\" src=\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Miss-Sri-Lanka-Australia-Pageant-MSLA16.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"604\" height=\"530\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"xmsonormal\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; color: #212121;\">Participants of\u00a0the Miss Sri Lanka-Australia Pageant (MSLA) and Miss South Asia-Australia Pageant (MSAA) 2017 provided a splash of colour when they marched in the Australia Day Parade on 26 January 2018 as a\u00a0post-Pageant activity.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"xmsonormal\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"color: #212121;\">\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"color: #212121;\">Wearing Kandyan sarees and Nilame suits (Mul Anduma), crowns and sashes, the Sri Lankan winners showcased\u00a0Sri Lankan culture, walking for the fourth consecutive year under the Sinhalese Cultural Association banner, and greeting people with the traditional &#8220;Ayubowan&#8221;.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"xmsonormal\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"color: #212121;\">\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"color: #212121;\">It was a new experience for the Miss South Asia-Australia Pageant winners\u00a0in the first year of this Pageant. Winners\u00a0with\u00a0Indian and Bangladeshi heritage walked with their respective groups.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"xmsonormal\"><span style=\"background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); font-size: 20px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"color: #212121;\">The contingent of walkers <\/span>included eight contestants, male and female, dressed and styled by Savish Traditional, managed and photographed\u00a0by\u00a0Vishni Perera-Jainudeen\u00a0and led by Savindi Perera-Jainudeen, Pageant Executive, carrying the Sri Lankan flag. Nilame costumes represented the Australian flag colours of red, blue and white.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"xmsonormal\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"color: black; background: #ffffff;\">Dilkie<\/span><span style=\"color: #212121;\">\u00a0Perera,\u00a0\u00a0Director of both Pageants, thanked the President and Committee of the Sinhalese Cultural Association,\u00a0\u00a0Directors of \u201cRamon helps\u201d,\u00a0\u00a0Mr &amp; Mrs Rakesh, and the Bangaladeshi Cultural Group, for the opportunity to participate. &#8220;It was quite an experience and proud moment,&#8221; Dilkie said.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"xmsonormal\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; color: #212121;\">The team included:<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"xmsonormal\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; color: #212121;\">Dilkie Perera (Director, Pageants)\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"xmsonormal\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; 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