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Journey to Jaffna is always enchanting. Now it takes longer hours due to the condition of the A9 highway. The buses ply on A9 highway race and try to over take each other, but they forget the fact they are risking the lives of many who travel quite often.
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“Jaffna Musical Festival Promotes Reconciliation through Music, Arts and Drama,” said the US Embassy press release marking USAID’s partnership of the collaborative effort in bringing out this medley musical scent of folklore potpourri, in the peninsula’s persevering town.
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Songs of the Soil from Batticaloa
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Folklore extravaganza in the North
Jaffna Music Festival 2011 is initiated through the Norway-Sri Lanka Music Cooperation agreement in partnership with The United States Agency for International Development (USAID). In this collaborative effort, Sewalanka Foundation is organizing the event, with the guidance of Aru Sri Theatre and support from Concerts Norway.
“Jaffna Music Fesitival will provide a forum for folk musicians, who have at times struggled to engage in and preserve these art forms and an opportunity to exchange traditions with other performers and festival-goers from across Sri Lanka”, said a U.S. Embassy Press Release marking the delightful celebration.
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Jaffna Music Festival 2011 is currently being held in Jaffna for the first time in history
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A Celebration of Traditional Fork Art Forms
The “Jaffna Music Festival” began at 10:30 AM on March 25th at the Jaffna Municipal Grounds, opposite Subramaniam Park.
More than 20 folk music groups from Sri Lanka and 5 international folk groups from South Africa, Palestine, India, Nepal, and Norway will perform at the festival. USAID is a partner of the event while the Sewalanka Foundation with the support of Concerts Norway is organising the event.
The Festival “Jaffna Music Festival” is set to celebrate the diverse traditional folk arts of Sri Lanka for three days consecutively from 25 th – 27 th March 2011.
Sunrise in Paranthan
Jaffna Music Festival will explore the exciting and vibrant breadth of Sri Lankan traditional art and adding to the exciting line-up of authentic Sri Lankan folk artistes, the Festival will also see colourful performances by international folk groups from India, Nepal, Palestine and Norway.
Pictures from the festival:
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Jaffna Music Festival 2011 unfolds on an extremely balmy day in Jaffna
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Statue of Jaffna’s all time favourite poet Navaaliyoor Somasunthara Pulavar . He has written many inspiring poems in Tamil
கருணைக்கடல் பெருகி; காதலினால் உருகி; கனித்தமிழ் சொல்லினால் இனிதுனை அனுதினம்; எப்படிப் பாடினாரோ ~~~~~
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