So much of human culture has vanished from the world, will surely vanish still, will fall away as if it never existed. In the long view of time, our voices and our footprints are not as durable as we ...
When it was her turn to perform on a recent Sunday, Kasuni Navinna took center stage in the dance studio at the Snug Harbor Cultural Center & Botanical Garden in Staten Island. As nine other dancers ...
A barefooted boy saunters to the front of the hall, holding a two-headed geta beraya drum that almost spans his entire frame. His focused and determined face suggests a maturity beyond his teenage ...
As an initiative to showcase Sri Lankan culture in the United States, the Sri Lankan Embassy in Washington DC in collaboration with the Natamu School of Sri Lankan Traditional Dancein Maryland, held ...
People perform traditional dances during the annual Navam Perahera festival in Colombo, Sri Lanka, on Feb. 23, 2024. (Photo by Ajith Perera/Xinhua) People perform traditional dances during the annual ...
Teachers perform traditional folk dances for the Sinhala and Tamil New Year, a traditional festival to be observed on the coming weekend, at a school in Colombo, Sri Lanka, April 9, 2024. (Photo: ...
SAN GABRIEL >> When Medini Ratnayake and her husband, Asela, founded the Serendib Foundation for Music & Performing Arts ten years ago, the couple wanted to present programming to promote the culture ...
The Princess Royal has been welcomed to Sri Lanka with a dazzling performance by traditional dancers – and carried some of her bags off the plane. Anne had a bag in each hand and a handbag as she ...