In The Wall Street Journal, Robert Greifeld writes that in 2010 Sri Lanka emerged from decades of civil war in bad shape. Two years later, it posted 6.4% growth. As Sri Lanka faces ring-rusty Pakistan ...

Not every tourist who visits the country can exhibit in-depth academic understanding of Sri Lanka’s culture and the Kandyan dance, or be able to sing a song from a renowned Sinhala drama. The ...

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 ...

President Ranil Wickremesinghe announced the formation of a committee tasked with preserving and maintaining the rich cultural heritage of Kandyan dancing art. This decision was made during a meeting ...

KUALA LUMPUR, May 22 (Bernama) -- Nadun, Sampath, and Callum, three friends from Sri Lanka, captivated the audience with their enchanting Kandyan dance performance at the Buddhist Maha Vihara temple ...

In recent years, the Tompkinsville neighborhood of Staten Island has earned the moniker “Little Sri Lanka,” in honor of the vibrant immigrant community that has developed in this New York City borough ...

I met Vajira when I was researching a book on Chitrasena. As we spent countless Saturday afternoons over many months she would giggle and ask, “is this book about Chitra or me?” On some rare days she ...

Lanka took centre stage at the recently held South Asian Dance Equity Symposium: The Arts That British South Asian Dance Ignores, hosted at The Place Theatre in London—a landmark event that ...