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හින්දු ගෘහ නිර්මාණ ශිල්පය

ශ්‍රී ලංකාව

Most Hindu temples in Sri Lanka are dedicated to Lord Shiva. The temple is known as kovils in Sri Lanka. A Hindu temple usually consists of a prayer hall and shrine room. Shikhara is the central edifice of the Hindu temple. Shikhara is in dome or pyramid ...

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බෞද්ධාගාමික වාස්තු විද්‍යාව

ශ්‍රී ලංකාව

Buddhist religious architecture developed in South Asia in the 3rd century BCE. Three types of structures are associated with the religious architecture of early Buddhism: monasteries (viharas), places to venerate relics (stupas), and shrines or prayer ...

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ශ්‍රී ලංකා ගෘහ නිර්මාණ ශිල්පය

ශ්‍රී ලංකාව

Architecture in Sri Lanka has always been closely associated with religion. Buddhism has always been an umbrella under which the architecture of Sri Lanka has evolved. Sri Lanka has also remained under the occupation of the Portuguese, followed by the Dut ...

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සබරගමුව නර්තන

සබරගමුව,

Those of the Veddah tribe also known as the ‘Sapara’ tribe mostly lived in the region called Sabaragamuwa, named after them. Because of its ancient history the dance traditions of the veddahs are older than considered to be much older than other dance tra ...

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පහතරට නර්තන

ශ්‍රී ලංකාව

Low country dance is performed to please the sickness-causing evil spirits. The dancers put masks on their faces. These masks resemble birds, demons, reptiles etc. This type of dance is highly ritualistic.

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උඩරට නර්තන

මහනුවර,

History pose of the Kandayn dance According to the legend, the origins of the dance lies in dance ritual known as the Kohomba Kankariya, which is also known as Kohomba yak kankariya or Kankariya. Traditional dance masters believe that originally the K ...

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ශ්‍රී ලංකා නර්තන

ශ්‍රී ලංකාව,

People of ancient Sri Lanka regarded dance as the best way to please the nature gods and danced to save themselves from natural disasters. Dancing started in Sri Lanka during the 4th century BCE. However South Indian influence became obvious in Sri Lanka ...

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ශ්‍රී ලංකා කලා ශිල්ප

ශ්‍රී ලංකාව,

Art of Sri Lanka has achieved great heights during the course of history. All the Sri Lankan art forms like dance, music, sculpture, paintings and architecture have enjoyed development. with the influence of Buddhism. Originated religious beliefs of the p ...

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ශ්‍රී ලංකා දැව වෙස්මුහුණු

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Wooden Masks are produced mainly in the South western coastal belt of Sri Lanka. Of all the areas of the South-western coastal belt, the city of Ambalangoda has a long heritage in the specialized handicraft of producing Wooden Masks in a wide range of siz ...

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ශ්‍රී ලංකා ලේස් සෑදීම

දකුණු - බස්නාහිර පළාත,

Lace making is not an indigenous art that was pioneered by the Portuguese in the 16th century. It began in the South-western coastal areas, especially around Galle and was practiced by the Dutch ladies during the Dutch colonial era. Later the Sinhalese la ...

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ශ්‍රී ලංකා රන් ආභරණ

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Sri Lanka’s Jewellery is of superior craftsmanship that competes on the international level bringing in foreign revenue into the country. Sri Lanka has two traditions in designing jewellery: Galle Low Country Traditional also called Western Traditional a ...

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ශ්‍රී ලංකා රීඩ් ඇන්ඩ් රෂ් වෙයාර්

ශ්‍රී ලංකාව,

Reed and rush ware products are made of materials processed of talipot or thalakola, coconut and palmyrah leaves, cane and bamboo. Among the handcrafted products are table mats, cane furniture, mats, bags, purses, baskets, hats, boxes, lamp shades, kitche ...

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ශ්‍රී ලංකා පැදුරු විවීම

ශ්‍රී ලංකාව,

Since the ancient times, Mat weaving used to be practiced by rural women at home while their husbands were away at work in paddy fields or Chena cultivation in Sri Lanka. Today, mat weaving is a popular cottage industry with established sales outlets aro ...

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ශ්‍රී ලංකා හෑන්ඩ්ලූම් රෙදිපිළි

ශ්‍රී ලංකාව,

Handloom textiles are produced in Sri Lanka within the confines of a small-scale industry that generate employment to rural women. Among the Handloom textiles produced are household linen such as bedclothes and towels, upholstery materials, furnishing mat ...

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ශ්‍රී ලංකා බතික්

ශ්‍රී ලංකාව,

Batik is of Indonesian roots, yet in Sri Lanka, the craft has developed into a unique style to produce shirts, sarongs, dresses, shorts, wall hangings, cushions covers, bed hangers and a multitude of décor items. Batik handicraft products are of distincti ...

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ආලේප කිරීම

මහනුවර පළාත,

Lacquer work is Sri Lanka handicraft is from the Kandyan provinces. Lac is a resin secreted from the bark of certain trees that have been infested with the Lac beetle. The resin is scraped from the bark, melted and strained. While the Lac is soft, pigment ...

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ගල් වැඩ දැමීම

ශ්‍රී ලංකාව,

Handicraft of metal cutwork involves cutting the design onto a flat sheet of metal first and embellishing the work by engraving, hatching or Repose secondly. This method is adopted mainly in production of metalwork such as trays and plaques. In Repose me ...

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පිත්තල වාත්තු කිරීම

ශ්‍රී ලංකාව,

Coconut oil lamps, pots, bowls, vases, wall plaques, trinket boxes and other household utensils are made with cast technique. Brass Castings are done by the “lost wax” method: the model is sculpted in wax, covered with clay, and baked so that the wax is m ...

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පිත්තල භාණ්ඩ සෑදීම

මහනුවර පළාත.,

Brassware is produced in two main techniques: wrought and cast. Bowls, tea services, trays, and ornamental ware as well as decorative ware are produced in wrought technique.

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ගල් වැඩ

ශ්‍රී ලංකාව,

Sri Lanka has a long tradition in metalwork. Metal work is produced with the whole range of metals and alloys in Sri Lanka: gold, silver, brass, tin, lead and iron, as well as their various alloys, in all sorts of work ranging from ornamental casting and ...

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