{"id":55894,"date":"2021-01-09T16:28:47","date_gmt":"2021-01-09T16:28:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/?p=55894"},"modified":"2021-01-09T16:28:47","modified_gmt":"2021-01-09T16:28:47","slug":"memories-of-the-solar-eclipse-1955-and-the-vadakaha-sudiya-song","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/memories-of-the-solar-eclipse-1955-and-the-vadakaha-sudiya-song\/","title":{"rendered":"Memories of the Solar Eclipse (1955) and the ‘ Vadakaha Sudiya’ song"},"content":{"rendered":"

Memories of the Solar Eclipse (1955) and the ‘ Vadakaha Sudiya’ song<\/b><\/span><\/h1>\n

Thanks to \u201cSenaka\u2019 for sharing the following\u2026\u2026<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0The memories of the solar\u00a0eclipse\u00a0of 1955 and the song\u00a0that burst out of the event having a laugh at ourselves for drinking ‘ Vadakaha ‘ are worthy of revisiting.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

There were several renowned\u00a0singers C.T. Fernando, Wally Bastian, Desmond de Silva, who made the song popular.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0Desmond Kelly stands out for taking the song overseas particularly to Australia.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0He renamed it and called the song ‘ The Drink ‘\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0In 1960, Des Kelly was the top star in a concert that was staged at the Royal College Hall ( Feb. 1960).<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0It was called ‘ Starlight Cavalcade<\/strong>\u00a0‘.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0The person who sold\u00a0the ticket to me was none other Indika Gunawardana, Dinesh’s brother.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0He came home and left a Book of Tickets for me to sell to others.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0Each ticket was priced at Rs. 4.00 ,<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0A princely sum for schoolboys in 1960.<\/span><\/p>\n

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\u00a0This is just by the way.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0Enjoy the items appended below.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0This is the holiday\u00a0season for music and recreation.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0Best wishes<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0Senaka\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Memories of Vadakaha Sudiya in 1955 eclipse<\/span><\/h1>\n

http:\/\/archives.sundayobserver.lk\/2010\/01\/10\/spe15.asp<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0” Many with nostalgic memories may still remember when women were rushed to hospitals following the swallowing of “Wadakhaka,” a concoction made out of an indigenous recipe that made women vomit furiously. The circumstances that led women to the drinking of ‘Wadakaka’ was intriguing and hilarious. The perception was that dark complexioned women who drank “Wadakaha” during the eclipse would become fairer overnight. In fact it was a canard perpetrated by a local astrologer to create mischief. However gullible women became victims of this ruse and ended up at hospitals. Following the “Vadakaha” episode several lyricists composed songs such as the famous “Buiwa Neda Vadhakaha Sudhiya Lejje Wenda Harima kariya,” that became a instant hit overnight among the young and the old.<\/span><\/p>\n

The renowned astrologer and the Consultant Editor of the Subasetha Astrological newspaper Piyasena Rathuwithana remembers explicitly how women in lorry loads were brought to the Nagoda hospital after consuming “Wadakaha”. “The women had a false notion of becoming fairer by consuming “Wadakaha” during the eclipse of 1955. He said another partial eclipse would occur on January 15 and be visible mainly over the Northern province.”<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0Des Kelly Wadakaha Sudiya<\/span><\/h2>\n

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