Punch in Brief
 

Launching of 'Handy Perinbanayagam' and 'The Jaffna Youth Congress'

The book launch of ‘Handy Perinbanayagam - A Memorial Volume’ and ‘The Jaffna Youth Congress’ (in Sinhala, Tamil and English), edited by Santasilan Kadirgamar will be held at 5.30 pm on Sunday (March 4) at Saraswathy Hall, Lorensz Road, Bambalapitiya. The High Commissioner of India,Ashok K. Kantha will be the Chief Guest. Event includes ‘A Homage to Gandhi’ presented by the Nirmalanjali School of Dance.

Speakers for the event will be A.Kandasamy (Chairman), Tissa Jayatilaka, B. Skantha Kumar, Namini Wijedasa, Prof.S.Thillainathan, Prof. Saba Jeyarasa, Prof. Sucharith Gamlath and Dr.M.A.Mohamed Saleem

Galle Music Festival at the Samanala grounds

The Galle Music Festival will be held on March 3 and 4 at the Samanala grounds, Galle bringing together musicians from around the island for a free two day open air event of music.

The day time programme will be from 10 am to 1 pm and the evening programme will be from 5 pm to 10.30 pm.

This festival will focus on folk and contemporary music with an emphasis on the diverse and multi cultural folk traditions of Sri Lanka such as sanni yakuma, kolam, rookada, sampradaika jana gee, kaffer manja and many more.

International folk such as Chhayanaut Baouls from Bangladesh, Raghu Dixit Project from India and contemporary musicians such as Sangeeth Bhawana, Evolution, Centigradz along with many others will also add to the exciting line up of local musical performances.

Galle Music Festival's interactive Children's Day will include drumming, dancing and singing workshops especially designed for children.

Children will be able to visit their favourite folk village hut, whether it be local or international.

To commemorate the 64th National Inde-pendence Programme, the Embilipitiya pro-bationary office organized the ‘Avihinsawa-daya’ song which was sung by the ‘Bodhiraja Lama Nivasaya’ children.Picture by Sulochana Gamage