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 ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- Last year marked the 50th anniversary of the Center for Traditional Music and Dance (CTMD), located in downtown Manhattan. To honor this cultural gem, the CTMD is hosting a ...

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 ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- The Sri Lankan Dance Academy of New York is doing it for the children -- and the culture -- this weekend. The troupe's performance Saturday in the Center for the Arts at the ...

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 ...

The Sri Lankan government has refused Akon’s request for a visa following violent protests — stones were thrown and cars smashed — over his appearance in a music video in which he frolics with ...

Little Sri Lanka in Staten Island is one of the largest concentrations of Sri Lankans outside of the island nation. Mickela dances with the Sri Lankan Dance Academy and visits the family-owned ...

Since its founding, Asia Society has regularly sought to facilitate greater engagement between East and West by sponsoring cultural performances in the United States by Asian performing artists. One ...

If Asanga Domask entered one of those box-jumping squat competitions at a CrossFit gym, she would win — not because she has spent hours lifting weights but because she is a Sri Lankan dancer. Flying ...