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Puppet show

A puppet show organized by the Royal College Union will be held at the Navarangahala at Rajakeeya Mawatha on October 21 at 6.30 pm.

The 'Sabe Vidane' - the village headman will be the first to appear on stage to introduce the art of puppetry.

Dancing of numerous forms is an integral part of a puppet show.

A child doing 'pinum' - looping and juggling, will be followed by a 'kavadi' dance.

The monkey dance and the skeleton dance will also be performed. Two low country dances - 'ginikeli raksha' and the fire dance - the latter a skit from the 'Sanni yakuma' will be included in the show.

The Kalagola story based on a Jathaka tale related in the Ummagga Jathaka will be staged.

Sarvodaya National Awards

Applications will be received till October 30 for the Sarvodaya 17th National Awards, says the Sarvodaya Trust Fund's Secretary. Details of the awards and the application forms could be obtained from the Sarvodaya headquarters, no 98, Rawatawatta Road, Moratuwa.

Preference will be given to those who have excelled in working towards national Unity among Sri Lankans, Research and Technology, work done in the media field for the benefit of the people and services rendered to upgrade the standard of the people.

The funds for national awards have been raised from the cash donation received by Dr A T Ariyarathe with various international Awards.

State Literary Awards ceremony

Ariyapala WANSATHILAKE - Kurunegala Central Special Corr.

The State Literary Awards ceremony will be held on October 28, 2011 at 2pm at the Simon Nawagatthegama New Auditorium of the Vijayaba Central College, Mahawa.

The State Literary Awards Festival will be held under the patronage of Prime Minister D M Jayaratne.

Minister of Culture and Arts T B Ekanayake, Education Minister Bandula Gunawardena, Chairman of the Arts Council of Sri Lanka Prof Carlo Fonseka, chairman of the State Literary Panel Jayasumana Disanayake, Secretary, Minister of Culture and Arts Wimal Rubasinghe, scholars and writers will participate. Twenty artistes who worked for the progress of the arts will receive special awards from the Prime Minister.

“Katina Pinkama”

The Katina Pinkama of the Mallikaramaya, Ratmalana will be held on October 22 and 23 under guidance of Agga Maha Panditha Ven Weligama Gnanarathane Nayaka There the chief incumbent of Mallikaramaya and Mahanayaka of the Amaarapura Dharmarakshitha Nikaya.

Accordingly, the “Buddha Pooja” will be performed at 6pm and a Dhamma sermon will be delivered from 6.30pm to 7.30pm starting from Saturday October 15 till Friday, October 21.

On Saturday October 22 there will be an all night pirith chanting followed by the Katina Perehera on Sunday morning.

The procession carrying the Katine Vasthra will parade the streets at 4.30am on this day and return to the temple at 6.00am. Thereafter the “Katina Vasthra” will be offered to the Maha Sangha including the Most Ven Agga Maha Panditha Weligama Gnanarathane Nayaka Thera. The morning Buddha Pooja will be performed at 7.30am followed by the alms-giving and the Pirikera Pooja. A Vassavasik Cheswara Pooja will be performed at 7pm.

Beware of conmen

Wijayani EDIRISINGHE

The public are increasingly falling victim to the machinations of professional confidence tricksters, Police Media Spokesman SSP Maxi Proctor said yesterday.

The latest modus operandi by these con men to use the mass media to dupe the public.

Specially through the medium of advertising. Observing anonymity they use bogus identity cards or aliases and use different telephone numbers to achieve criminal intent.

The majority of the victims of the conmen are females who fall prey to advertisements inserted in newspapers promising various educational certificates.

These conmen obtained money as a down payment from thousands of people to provide various items on easy payment scheme.

Applications called

Applications for the MBA in HRM programme conducted by the Open University of Sri Lanka in collaboration with the Institute of Personnel Management will be issued up to October 26, 2011 by the Open University of Sri Lanka. The applications can be collected from any of the regional centers of the Open University of Sri Lanka. For further information contact 0112881327, 011881434 or access to www.ou.ac.lk

Off to Brazil

Health Minister Maithripala Sirisena left for Brazil on Tuesday to attend the World Conference on Social Determinants of Health organized by the World Health Organization (WHO), Health Ministry sources said yesterday. The conference is to be held from October 19 to 21 in Rio De Janeiro, Brazil.

Representatives from 118 countries will take part in this conference.

Free seminar

The Sri Lanka Institute of Printing under the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Skills Development has organized a free seminar on Multi Media Technology for school leavers and other industry professionals on October 23 from 8.30 am to 2.30pm at the Sri Lanka Institute of Printing.

Entrance to the seminar will be free of charge. Contact the Sri Lanka Institute of Printing (SLIOP) on 011 2686162 or 0112679791.

The Sri Lanka Institute of Printing (SLIOP) is situated at the Department of Government Printing, 118, Dr Danister De Silva Mawatha, Colombo 8.

Prize giving

The annual prize-giving of Maliyadeva Balika Maha Vidyalaya, Kurunegala will be held at 9am on October 21 at the main hall of the college.

Education Minister Bandula Gunawardena will be the Chief Guest.