{"id":68237,"date":"2021-07-03T12:51:44","date_gmt":"2021-07-03T12:51:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/?p=68237"},"modified":"2021-07-03T12:51:44","modified_gmt":"2021-07-03T12:51:44","slug":"sri-lanka-a-multicultural-melting-pot-by-randika-jayakody-and-jerome-perera","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/sri-lanka-a-multicultural-melting-pot-by-randika-jayakody-and-jerome-perera\/","title":{"rendered":"Sri Lanka: A Multicultural Melting Pot?-by Randika Jayakody and Jerome Perera"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 28px; color: #008080;\">Sri Lanka: A Multicultural Melting Pot?-<span style=\"color: #000080;\">by Randika Jayakody and Jerome Perera<\/span><\/span><\/h1>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-68238 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/A-Multicultural-Melting-Pot.jpg\" alt=\"A Multicultural Melting Pot\" width=\"400\" height=\"124\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #800000;\">Source:<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 20px;\" href=\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/brisbane-4eb-sri-lankan-newsletter-daehaena-july-2021-2\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Brisbane 4EB Sri Lankan Newsletter &#8211; D\u00e6h\u00e6na &#8211; July 2021<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-68239 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Randika-Jayakody-and-Jerome-Perera.jpg\" alt=\"Randika Jayakody and Jerome Perera\" width=\"101\" height=\"65\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">Among Randika and Jerome\u2019s many interests is a deep passion to understand Sri Lankan history and culture. This has been facilitated through exposure to multiculturalism through their travels and living experiences in multiple countries.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">The term \u201cPearl of the Indian Ocean\u201d reflects Sri Lanka\u2019s significance <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">to ancient explorers, traders and colonialist alike. This significance is <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">observable through the island\u2019s depiction on ancient maps. The size <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">and details on this 15th century Florentine map (pictured) shows the <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">prominent place it held in the minds of the cartographers of the era. <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">Sri Lanka of the past could be considered akin to modern day Dubai, <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">which became a sanctuary for people from across the globe. Unlike <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">Dubai, many arrivals made the island their new home and contributed <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">immensely to its ethnic, cultural, religious, culinary and linguistic diversity.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">Sinhala and Tamil New Year (Avurudu) <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">celebration is believed to be deep rooted <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">in Sinhalese traditions. This celebration is <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">a classic example of how centuries of <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">settlement have influenced and become <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">intimately intertwined within the tapestry <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">of Sri Lankan life. Rabana from the <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">Javan communities provide the iconic <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">rhythm to \u201cDontha Babakkata\u201d amongst many other raban pada. Lace <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">tablecloth brought by the Portuguese cover the Avurudu table, whilst <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">Kokis from the Dutch period adds colour to the spread alongside <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">sponge cake, milk toffee and tea introduced by the British. Athirasa, <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">dodol and sambals contributed by the Javan communities are served <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">alongside pani walalu and murukku introduced by communities from <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">India. Avurudu celebrations would be much less endearing in the absence of the many contributions from the aforementioned communities.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">Many things quintessential to Sri Lankan culture including religions <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">(such as Buddhism, Catholicism, Islam and Hinduism), sports (such as <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">cricket and rugby), and vegetables (such as pumpkins, potatoes, tomatoes, chillies and cashews) amongst others have been introduced to the <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">island from across the globe. The absence of bread, hoppers, string <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">hoppers, dosa, vada and pittu from our breakfast tables, or biriyani, <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">lamprais, potato\/pumpkin\/cashew\/bean curries from our lunch tables <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">would lead to a vapid culinary landscape on the island.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">Modern day Sri Lanka is a result of true intergenerational multiculturalism. Sri Lankans have not just embraced the cultures and cuisines <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">but each other. Millennia of interethnic marriages\/unions have resulted in a unique situation where no two siblings look alike, or where <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">no two families practice the same set of customs. Our island is a place <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">that is more multicultural than we are made to believe and we should <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">embrace this diversity in order to appreciate the truly unique place Sri <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">Lanka occupies in the world.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sri Lanka: A Multicultural Melting Pot?-by Randika Jayakody and Jerome Perera Source:Brisbane 4EB Sri Lankan Newsletter &#8211; D\u00e6h\u00e6na &#8211; July 2021 Among Randika and Jerome\u2019s many interests is a deep passion to understand Sri Lankan history and culture. This has been facilitated through exposure to multiculturalism through their travels and living experiences in multiple countries. 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