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April 28, 2008
April 25, 2008
The big event is Tomorrow !!!!!
Dear friends,
We cordially invite you to participate in the Sinhala & Tamil New Year Party 2008 of Saskatoon Sri Lankan Community.
Date: Saturday 26th April 2008
Venue: The Albert Community Centre, 610 Clarence Ave.S. Saskatoon (Map is given bellow)
Time: Starts at 5.30 p.m.
Agenda for the program: Download file
Please bring a pop bottle with you
Expected contribution: $ 5 per adult
$ 3 per kid
Come and enjoy!!!!!!!!!!
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The organizing committee
April 22, 2008
Earth Day 2008: Save Our Mother Earth
A perfect balance
The Power Of One
External Links:
Earth Day
Earth Day Canada-The Canadian Official Site for Earth Day
Celebrate Earth- National Geographic
Celebrate Earth's Animals-National Geographic
Earth Day - A video collection
April 18, 2008
New Year Party 2008
Dear friends
This is a friendly reminder about the final singing/dancing practice sessions for New Year Party- 2008.
Date: April 19th Saturday
Venue: Souris Hall Play Room
Time: 3.30 to 7.00 p.m.
Schedule: 3.30 to 4.30 p.m.: Dancing practice
4.30 to 5.30 p.m. Singing practice for kids
5.30 to 7.00 p.m. Singing practice for adults
Your participation is greatly appreciated.
The Organizing Committee
April 12, 2008
The Saskatoon Sri Lankan Community Weblog wishes its readers a happy and prosperous Sinhala and Tamil New Year
April 11, 2008
Auspicious times, Sinhala and Tamil New year 2008
The Sinhala and Tamil New Year will be celebrated on 12th and 13th of this month. Following are the auspicious times pertaining to the New Year celebrations:
Bath for the old Year: Saturday the 12th before New Year dawns with herbs mixed in water.
Dawn of the New Year: Sunday April 13th at 6.29 am.
Punya Kaalaya: Between 12.05 pm and 12.53 pm on Sunday April 13th is the time for prayer and retreat and therefore all partaking of meals and work must cease in preparation for the New Year.
Lighting of the hearth: Sunday 13th at 6.54 pm, dressed in New Year colours of red and gold the first meal.
Partaking of the first meal for the New Year: dressed in red and gold shades on Sunday April 13th at 8.10 pm.
Anointing of oil: Wednesday 16th at 7.42 am.
Auspicious time to set off for work: Wednesday 16th April, at 6.20 am.
(source: news.lk)
External Link: Divaina Auspicious times (sinhala)
Singing/dancing practice sessions for New Year Party- 2008
Dear friends
This is a friendly reminder about the next singing/dancing practice sessions for New Year Party- 2008.
Date: April 12h Saturday
Venue: Souris Hall Play Room
Time: 3.30 to 7.00 p.m.
Schedule: 3.30 to 4.30 p.m.: Dancing practice
4.30 to 5.30 p.m. Singing practice for kids
5.30 to 7.00 p.m. Singing practice for adults
Your participation is greatly appreciated.
The Organizing Committee
April 08, 2008
Penguins April Fool - The Making Of - BBC
This is the truth about the previous entry that was about the "Penguin". Actually, this was an animated film which had been produced by BBC for April fool's day 2008. Despite knowing true story about the animated film, most of people around the world have believed it. Even one of popular Sri Lankan news paper also has been fooled by this wonderful masterpiece. This was an infamous BBC April Fools' Day joke !!!!!
Prevous Link : Miracle of Evolution : Flying Penguins
New Year Party 2008
Dear friends,
We cordially invite you to participate in the Sinhala & Tamil New Year Party 2008 of Saskatoon Sri Lanka Community.
Date: Saturday 26th April 2008
Venue: The Albert Community Centre, 610 Clarence Ave.S. Saskatoon
Time: Starts at 5.30 p.m.
The program includes many fun filled items/activities including traditional avurudu games. We are happy to inform you some of them.
For children:
· Fancy dress contest (Vikata endum tharagaya) - Please be ready and train your kids to do a short performance (approximately 1 minute) relevant to their fancy dress costumes.
· Bun eating race (banis kema)
· Blowing balloons (Ballum pimbeema)
· Sack race (goani race)
· Tug of war (kamba adeema)
· Piñata (kana muttiya bideema)
For adults
· Sack race
· Tug of war
· Threading the needle (indhi kattata noola demeema)
Attractive prizes for the winners!!!!! Come and enjoy.
The organizing committee
April 07, 2008
Miracle of Evolution : Flying Penguins
The BBC had screened the remarkable footage of penguins flying as part of its new natural history series, Miracle of Evolution.
Camera crews discovered a colony of Adélie penguins while filming on King George Island, some 750 miles south of the Falkland Islands.
External Link: Skypedia
Thanks for contributors
Dear Friends,
With your kind and generous contributions, we could hand over C$ 400 to our friend, Mr. M.I.B. Karunasena (Mibe) on the Sunday 6th April. As you see below, the lowest donation was C$ 20 and the highest was C$ 50, while the majority was given C$ 25.
Thank you very much for your precious contributions, hence being friends in need and deed.
Sincerely,
Saman, Thushan and Priyashantha.
April 04, 2008
Practice sessions for New Year Party 2008
Dear friends
This is a friendly reminder about the next singing/dancing practice sessions for New Year Party- 2008.
Date: April 5th Saturday
Venue: Souris Hall Play Room
Time: 3.30 to 7.00 p.m.
Schedule: 3.30 to 4.30 p.m.: Dancing practice
4.30 to 5.30 p.m. Singing practice for kids
5.30 to 7.00 p.m. Singing practice for adults
Your participation is greatly appreciated.
The Organizing Committee