Vesak is a religious festival.Buddhists celebratevesak.Vesak is in may.It is a colourful festival. Children make beautiful lanterns on this day .Some people go to temple .Some people observe sil.Some chuldren fly kites. Lord buddha was born an vesak day.Lord buddha passed away on vesak day.Lord bubdha god enlighten ment on this day.
Archive for December, 2007
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The Importance of museums
Sri lanka is a country which can boast of a rich cultural heritage from time immemorial. In such a country the dynamic role that museums play in infusing vigour and life to the culture and history of land is very significant. Museums play a silent but a very dominant role to maintain the culture and civilisation of mankind.A national museum may bedefined as a central institution which imparts knowledge of the past to those living in the present. A national museum serves as a repository for the collection, exhibition and study of objects of artistic, scientific, historial and eduational value too. It eduates the people and stimulates their interest in their national heritage’ It also attracts the attention of growing young minds to the glorious riches of the past. presently only a very few have cultivated the habit of visiting museums. Therefore it is timely that mass media strive hard to focus the importance of national museums in the cultural life of the nation, Especially the younger generation should be made to understand the values of museums even though we are living in the computer age today.
National Festivals.
This is a colourful festival celebvated by the hindus. They light oil lamps in their houses and wear new clothes for this festival. This featival is in the month of april. It is an important festwal of the sinhala and the tamil people. They maks a lot of sweet meats. wear new clothes and visit relatirs at this festival. This is a very special festival to the buddhists. It is in may. people decorate their houses with colourful lanterns and paper streamers during this festival.
MY HOBBY
Everyone of us should have a hobby. Then only we can spend our leisure in a useful manner. My Hobby is gardening. It is an interesting hobby. It has many advantages. I have planted various kinds of fruits and vegetable in my garden. Some of the fruits are guave, pineapple, pomegranate, woodapple, orande and mango. Some of the vegetables are raddish, tomatoes, pumpkin, cucumber, brinijals, ladies fingers,drumsticks and wing beans. I spend about three hours in my garden every morning.I pull out weeds. I water and manure the vegetable beds. I use compost manure . I don’t use artificial manure. It is a nice sight to see fruit trees laden with fruits. Birds butterflies come to my garden. They make my gargen beautiful. My father, mother and brother too help me in my hobby. We can eat fresh fruits and vegetable because of my hobby. Also I can earn some money by selling them.11 one
Kalani temple
kalaniya is a very beautful temple.it is very close to colombo city. it is situated by the kalani river. the dagaba is very big and the paintings in the shrine are very beautful . buddhists and non buddhists visit kalaniya temple daily. the lord buddha first visited kalaniya to settle a disupute bet ween, choolodara and mahodara.
MADDUMA BANDARA
Madduma bandara is the name of one of our national heroes. he is a child hero.he lived during the reign of sri wickrama rajasinghe. the last king of ceylon. his father was one of the king’s ministers. his name was ehelepola. ehelepola didn’t obey the king’s orders. he fled away and hid in a remote place. the king was very angry.he ordered that ehelepola’s family be killed. they were brought to bogambara by the king’s men. it was madduma bandara’s elder brother who had to face death first. but dared not to come forward. thus the name of madduma bandaraq was written in our history.
wAR AND PEACE
We hawe often seen the brothers and sisters in the same household quarrelling with each other. thus,.through hatred nations who live under the shelter of the same sky too, clach . sometimes the objective of excelling one another makes persons and nations insane. this makes them neglect their human qualities and moral values . their friendly attitude vanish and they become enemies . war means destruction the one who wages war upon another makes way to the destruction not only of his opponent but also of himself. if war means such distruction what is the purpose of getting involved in such a disastrous activity? this is a question that every human being should reflect in his own soul
Garbage disposal
Garbage disposal has become a huge problem for urban dwellers as well as for urban authorities . our homes ,hotels , restaurants, markes, offices, factories etc. then protests come from the people who live ground. no one likes to live next door to a garbage dump . the authorities hawe to find new sites. they tear the bags and scatter the rubbish on the koads. the once beautful enviroment becomes an eyesore.
