Sri Lankan Culture, Economy and Society
Culture and Religion
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- Which religion is followed by the largest share of the population?
- Which full-moon festival of May marks the Buddha's birth, enlightenment and death?
- Which June festival marks the arrival of Buddhism through Mahinda?
- Which Kandy festival features decorated elephants carrying a relic casket?
- In which month is the Sinhala and Tamil New Year celebrated?
- Which hill-country dance uses the ves costume and geta beraya drum?
- Which meal is the everyday staple, eaten with dhal, vegetables and sambol?
- Which street food is chopped flatbread stir-fried with vegetables and egg or meat?
- Which dramatist wrote Maname, a play in the folk style, in 1956?
- Which director made the film Rekava in 1956?
- Which Colombo-born writer shared the Booker Prize for The English Patient?
- Which Sinhala author wrote the novel Gamperaliya?
- Which language is used in the Theravada Buddhist scriptures preserved on the island?
- Which festival of lights, celebrated by Hindus in autumn and a public holiday, marks the victory of light over darkness?
- Which cave temple complex, with five caves of Buddha images and ceiling murals, is a World Heritage site near Matale?
- Six cultural sites are World Heritage sites; which two natural areas complete the island's list of eight?
- Which healing ritual of the Sinhalese uses masks, drums and offerings to drive away spirits?
- On which day of each lunar month do Buddhists observe a public holiday?
- Which craft, using wax resist and dye to make patterns on cloth, is popular in Sri Lanka?
- Which traditional medical system, based on herbs and oils, is widely practised and has its own university institute?
- Which pilgrim town in the south-east is sacred to Buddhists and Hindus, with a shrine to the god Skanda?
- At which cave temple near Matale were the Buddhist scriptures first written on palm leaves in the first century BCE?
- Which hill near Anuradhapura is called the cradle of Buddhism on the island because of the meeting of Mahinda and the king?
- Which Tamil harvest festival, held in mid-January, thanks the sun for the harvest?
- Which community descends from Dutch and Portuguese settlers who married local people?
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