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Youth New Year festival:

National reconciliation through sports



Youth Affairs and Skills Development Minister Dullas Alahapperuma with the two teams.

A Youth New Year Festival organized by the NYSC under the directions of Youth Affairs and Skills Development Ministry, was held at the Hindu College grounds in Jaffna on April 26, with the participation of a large number of youths.

The main objective of the festival was to make use of the traditional games and New Year customs to promote national reconciliation.

A highlight was an exhibition Cricket match between a team led by Youth Affairs and Skills Development Minister Dullas Alahapperuma and the Jaffna Federation of Youth Club's team.Minister Dullas Alahapperuma addressing the gathering, said the main objective of the festival was to offer honour and dignity owed to Sri Lankan youth and build communal amity. He said the Sinhalese and Tamils have been identified as the most reconcilable people in the world.

Language, religion and the geographical background had largely contributed to this quality.

He said national unity had been undermined due to certain wrong political decisions taken in the past by certain politicians in the North and South.

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