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75 relations: Adata Vediya Heta Hondai, Akkara Paha, Allauddin Khan, Amaradeva Asapuwa, Amarasiri Peiris, Arisen Ahubudu, Asokamala, Baila, Battaramulla, Biththi Hathara, C. L. V. Jayathilake, Chitrasena, Cinema of Sri Lanka, Clarence Wijewardena, D. T. Fernando, Deaths in November 2016, December 1927, December 5, Delovak Athara, Deshamanya, Dharmasiri Gamage, Gamperaliya (film), Getawarayo, H. R. Jothipala, Independence Memorial Hall, Index of Sri Lanka-related articles (W–X), K. D. K. Dharmawardena, Kala Keerthi, Kalutara Vidyalaya National School, Kundalakesi, Latha Walpola, List of composers by name, List of film score composers, List of members of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres, List of national anthems, List of Ramon Magsaysay Award winners, List of Sinhalese people, List of Sri Lankan composers, List of Sri Lankan films of the 2000s, List of Sri Lankan musicians, London Sounds Eastern, Madol Duwa, Maha Bo Vannama, Mahagama Sekara, Moratuwa, Musaeus College, Music of Sri Lanka, Nanda Malini, Nelum Pokuna Mahinda Rajapaksa Theatre, Pahan Silu, ..., Perera, President's College, Maharagama, Qaumii salaam, Radio Ceylon, Ran Salu, Ranmuthu Duwa, Sakman Maluwa, Sarasaviya Best Male Playback Singer Award, Sikuru Tharuwa, Sinhalese people, Sri Lanka, Stanley Peiris, Sunil Santha, Thun Man Handiya, Tissa Balasuriya, University of Peradeniya, University of the Visual and Performing Arts, Veera Puran Appu (film), Victor Rathnayake, Vijaya Ramanayake, 1927, 2016 in Asian music, 2016 in Sri Lanka, 2017 Sri Lankan national honours, 33rd Sarasaviya Awards. Expand index (25 more) »
Adata Vediya Heta Hondai
Adata Vediya Heta Hondai (Sinhala, Tomorrow Is Better Than Today) is a 1963 Sri Lankan film starring Gamini Fonseka and Jeevarani Kurukulasooriya.
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Akkara Paha
Akkara Paha (Sinhala, Five Acres of Land) is a 1969 Sri Lankan drama film Dr.
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Allauddin Khan
Allauddin Khan, also known as Baba Allauddin Khan (1862 – 6 September 1972) was a sarod player and multi-instrumentalist, composer and one of the most renowned music teachers of the 20th century in Indian classical music.
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Amaradeva Asapuwa
Amaradeva Asapuwa (අමරදේව අසපුව) is a music ashram, which is being built in Battaramulla, Sri Lanka in memory of one of the country's leading musicians, W. D. Amaradeva.
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Amarasiri Peiris
Amarasiri Peiris is a Sri Lankan Musical artist who is well known as a Violinist and a Vocalist.
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Arisen Ahubudu
Kalasuri Arisen Ahubudu (Sinhala: අරිසෙන් අහුබුදු; 18 March 1920 – 26 May 2011) was a writer, orator, scholar, playwright, teacher (Guru), Sinhala lyricist, author and poet in Sri Lanka, born in Mudiyallagahawatta in Malalaga, Koggala.
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Asokamala
Asokamala is a 1947 Sri Lankan historical film.
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Baila
Baila (also known as bayila; from the Portuguese verb bailar, meaning to dance) is a form of music, popular in Sri Lanka.
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Battaramulla
Battaramulla is a suburb of the city of Colombo, situated 5.2 miles from the City Centre at Colombo Fort, near the Parliament of Sri Lanka.
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Biththi Hathara
Biththi Hathara (බිත්ති හතර) is a 1982 Sri Lankan drama film directed by Parakrama de Silva and produced by H.D. Premasiri for Sarasavi Cineroo.
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C. L. V. Jayathilake
Emeritus Professor C.L.V Jayathilake, FIESL, JP is a Sri Lankan engineer and academic.
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Chitrasena
Deshamanya Chitrasena (born Amaratunga Arachige Maurice Dias) (26 January 1921 – 18 July 2005) was a dancer from Sri Lanka, internationally known for his work in establishing a modern Sri Lankan tradition of dance and popularising traditional Sri Lankan dance forms worldwide.
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Cinema of Sri Lanka
Sri Lankan cinema encompasses the films made in Sri Lanka.
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Clarence Wijewardena
Vithana Kuruppuarachchilage Clarence Arthur Somasinghe Wijewardena (3 August 1943 – 13 December 1996) commonly known as Clarence Wijewardena (ක්ලැරන්ස් විජේවර්ධන) was one of the most respected musicians in Sri Lanka, as per his popularity and contribution to revolutionize the Sri Lankan Sinhala Pop Music who pioneered the use of electric guitar in Sinhala music.
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D. T. Fernando
Danister Thomas Fernando (9 February 1909 – 14 October 2004) is a pioneer Sri Lankan lyricist.
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Deaths in November 2016
The following is a list of notable deaths in November 2016.
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December 1927
The following events occurred in December 1927.
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December 5
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Delovak Athara
Delovak Athara (Sinhala, Between Two Worlds) is a 1966 Sri Lankan drama film directed by Dr.
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Deshamanya
Deshamanya (translit; translit; Pride of the Nation) is the second-highest national honour of Sri Lanka awarded by the Government of Sri Lanka as a civil honour.
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Dharmasiri Gamage
Dharmasiri Gamage (ධර්මසිරි ගමගේ) (4 October 1939 - 19 September 2004) was a journalist, poet, writer and film director.
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Gamperaliya (film)
Gamperaliya is a 1963 Sri Lankan drama film directed by Dr.
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Getawarayo
Getawarayo is a 1964 Sri Lankan drama film starring Gamini Fonseka.
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H. R. Jothipala
Hettiarachchige Reginald Jothipala (එච්.අාර්.ජෝතිපාල; 12 February 1936 – 7 July 1987) was a prolific playback singer in the Sinhala cinema.
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Independence Memorial Hall
Independence Memorial Hall (also Independence Commemoration Hall) is a national monument in Sri Lanka built for commemoration of the independence of Sri Lanka from the British rule with the restoration of full governing responsibility to a Ceylonese-elected legislature on February 4, 1948.
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Index of Sri Lanka-related articles (W–X)
This page lists Sri Lanka-related articles with titles beginning with an alphabet letters W and X.
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K. D. K. Dharmawardena
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Kala Keerthi
The Kala Keerthi (කලා කීර්ති) is a Sri Lankan national honour awarded "for extraordinary achievements and contributions in arts, culture and drama".
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Kalutara Vidyalaya National School
Kalutara Vidyalaya National School is one of the major schools in Sri Lanka.
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Kundalakesi
Kundalakesi (குண்டலகேசி Kuṇṭalakēci) is a fragmentary Tamil Buddhist epic written by Nathakuthanaar.
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Latha Walpola
Deshamanya Rita Jenevi Fernando, better known by her stage name Latha Walpola (ලතා වල්පොල), is a prominent Sri Lankan vocal artist.
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List of composers by name
This is a list of composers by name, alphabetically sorted by surname, then by other names.
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List of film score composers
The following is a list of notable people who compose or have composed soundtrack music for films (i.e. film scores), television, video games and radio.
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List of members of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres
This is a partial list of members of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres of France.
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List of national anthems
Most nation-states have anthems, defined as "a song, as of praise, devotion, or patriotism"; most anthems are either marches or hymns in style.
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List of Ramon Magsaysay Award winners
The following is a partial list of the awardees of the Ramon Magsaysay Award.
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List of Sinhalese people
This is a list of Sinhalese people by their country of domicile or origin.
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List of Sri Lankan composers
This is a list of composers from Sri Lanka.
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List of Sri Lankan films of the 2000s
Films produced in Sri Lanka in the 2000s (decade).
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List of Sri Lankan musicians
This is a list of notable Sri Lankan musicians (music artists and bands) from all genres.
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London Sounds Eastern
London Sounds Eastern was one of the most popular ethnic minority radio programs on the BBC.
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Madol Duwa
Madol Duwa (Sinhala, Mangrove Island) is a 1976 Sri Lankan drama film directed by Lester James Peries.
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Maha Bo Vannama
The Maha Bo Vannama is an addition by Chandraratne Manawasinghe and W.D. Amaradeva to the Daha Ata Vannama (දහඅට වන්නම). It was created to be dedicated to the Jaya Siri Maha Bodhi, the Sacred Fig tree in the Mahamevnāwa Gardens, Anuradhapura.
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Mahagama Sekara
Mahagama Sekera (Sinhala:මහගම සේකර) (7 April 1929 – 14 January 1976) Sri Lankan poet, lyricist, playwright, novelist, artist, translator and filmmaker.
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Moratuwa
Moratuwa is a large suburb of Colombo city, on the southwestern coast of Sri Lanka, near Dehiwala-Mount Lavinia.
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Musaeus College
Musaeus College is a private girls' school in Colombo, Sri Lanka.
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Music of Sri Lanka
The music of Sri Lanka has its roots in four primary influences: ancient folk rituals, Buddhist religious traditions, the legacy of European colonisation, and the commercial and historical influence of nearby Indian culture—specifically, Bollywood cinema.
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Nanda Malini
Nanda Malini (Sinhala:නන්දා මාලනී) (born 23 August 1943) is a Sri Lankan singer.
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Nelum Pokuna Mahinda Rajapaksa Theatre
The Nelum Pokuna Mahinda Rajapaksa Theatre (නෙළුම් පොකුණ මහින්ද රාජපක්ෂ රඟහල nelum pokuna Mahinda Rajapaksa rangahala) (often known as Nelum Pokuna; previously the National Performing Arts Theatre, prior to naming at the opening ceremony; Mahinda Rajapaksa is a former President of Sri Lanka) is a performing arts centre in Colombo, Sri Lanka.
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Pahan Silu
Pahan Silu (which roughly translates to "dancing candlelight" from its original Sinhala, one of the three primary languages spoken on the island of Sri Lanka) is the name of a band formed in late 2002 by American-born musician Priyan Weerappuli.
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Perera
Perera is a common surname in Sri Lanka, Portugal, Brazil, and most of the Lusosphere.
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President's College, Maharagama
President's College, or Janadhipathi Vidyalaya (ජනාධිපති විද්යාලය) Maharagama, established on 18 February 1978 in Maharagama in Colombo district Sri Lanka as a Buddhist school.
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Qaumii salaam
"Qaumii Salaam" (ޤައުމީ ސަލާމް; National Salute) is the current national anthem of the Maldives.
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Radio Ceylon
Radio Ceylon (ලංකා ගුවන් විදුලි සේවය Lanka Guwan Viduli Sevaya, இலங்கை வானொலி, ilankai vanoli) is the oldest radio station in Asia.
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Ran Salu
Ran Salu (In Sinhala: The Yellow Robe) is a 1967 Sri Lankan drama film directed by Lester James Peries.
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Ranmuthu Duwa
Ranmuthu Duwa (Island of Treasures) was the first colour full-length Sinhalese language film to be produced in Sri Lanka in 1962.
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Sakman Maluwa
Sakman Maluwa (Pleasure Garden) (italic) is a 2003 Sri Lankan Sinhala drama film directed by Sumitra Peries and produced by Ceylon Theatres Limited.
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Sarasaviya Best Male Playback Singer Award
The Sarasaviya Best Male Playback Singer Award is presented annually by the weekly Sarasaviya newspaper in collaboration with the Associated Newspapers of Ceylon Limited at the Sarasaviya Awards Festival.
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Sikuru Tharuwa
Sikuru Tharuwa is a 1963 Sri Lankan drama written by P. K. D Seneviratne.
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Sinhalese people
The Sinhalese (Sinhala: සිංහල ජාතිය Sinhala Jathiya, also known as Hela) are an Indo-Aryan-speaking ethnic group native to the island of Sri Lanka.
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Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka (Sinhala: ශ්රී ලංකා; Tamil: இலங்கை Ilaṅkai), officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, is an island country in South Asia, located in the Indian Ocean to the southwest of the Bay of Bengal and to the southeast of the Arabian Sea.
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Stanley Peiris
Stanley Peiris (June 12, 1941 – October 13, 2002) is a veteran Saxophonist and a music composer in Sri Lanka.
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Sunil Santha
Sunil Santha (Sinhala:සුනිල් සාන්ත; 14 April 1915 – 11 April 1981) was a renowned and influential Sri Lankan composer, singer and lyricist.
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Thun Man Handiya
Thun Man Handiya (Sinhala, Three Way Junction) is a 1970 dramatic film made by Sri Lankan artist Mahagama Sekera.
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Tissa Balasuriya
Tissa Balasuriya (Sinhala: තිස්ස බාලසූරිය) (August 29, 1924 – January 17, 2013) was a Sri Lankan Roman Catholic priest and theologian.
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University of Peradeniya
The University of Peradeniya (පේරාදෙණිය විශ්ව විද්යාලය, பேராதனைப் பல்கலைக்கழகம்) is a state university in Sri Lanka, funded by the University Grants Commission.
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University of the Visual and Performing Arts
University of the Visual and Performing Arts (UVPA) (සෞන්දර්ය හා කලා විශ්වවිද්යාලය,கட்புல, அரங்கேற்றக் கலைகள் பல்கலைக்கழகம்) is a public university located primarily in Colombo, Sri Lanka, specialising in art, design, fashion and the performing arts.
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Veera Puran Appu (film)
Veera Puran Appu (italic) is a 1978 Sri Lankan Sinhala epic biographical film directed by Lester James Peries and produced by former cabinet minister Tyronne Fernando for Shalanka Films.
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Victor Rathnayake
Victor Rathnayake (Sinhala:වික්ටර් රත්නායක; born 18 February 1942) is a popular Sri Lankan musician.
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Vijaya Ramanayake
Vijaya Ramanayake (විජය රාමනායක; 1 April 1945 – 26 October 2016) is a Sri Lankan film and music producer, songwriter, journalist and author.
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1927
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2016 in Asian music
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2016 in Sri Lanka
The following lists notable events that occurred during 2016 in Sri Lanka.
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2017 Sri Lankan national honours
In March 2017 President of Sri Lanka Maithripala Sirisena awarded national honours to 90 individuals for distinguished services.
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33rd Sarasaviya Awards
The 33rd Sarasaviya Awards festival (Sinhala: 33වැනි සරසවිය සම්මාන උලෙළ), presented by the Associated Newspapers of Ceylon Limited, was held to honor the best films of 2015 Sinhala cinema on December 15, 2016, at the Nelum Pokuna Mahinda Rajapaksa Theatre, Colombo 07, Sri Lanka at 6:00 p.m. The ceremony was hosted by Kamal Addararachchi and Sangeetha Weeraratne.
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References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/W._D._Amaradeva
