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‘Sri Lanka Day’ at the Surajkund International Crafts Mela in India

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Sri Lanka’s National Crafts Council, with the assistance of the Sri Lanka High Commission in New Delhi, arranged the participation of Sri Lankan craftspersons and artistes at the annual Surajkund International Crafts Mela 2013 from 1st – 15th February at Surajkund, Faridabad, Haryana. 

Sri Lankan craftspersons and artistes were among participants from over twenty other countries at the International Section of the Mela.

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SRI LANKA’S 65TH YEAR OF INDEPENDENCE CELEBRATED IN WASHINGTON DC HIGHLIGHTING POST CONFLICT DEVELOPMENTS & SHARING THE CORRECT STORY OF SRI LANKA

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“Sri Lanka is a peaceful and reconciled society which is governed by democracy" Ambassador Wickramasuriya

Sri Lanka is a nation that strives for the protection of human rights and the rule of law. - US Congressman Robert Aderholt

U S Congressman Eni Faleomavaega recalls the terrible soul searching America went through losing 600,000 lives during the civil war

Washington, February 11, 2013: The Embassy of Sri Lanka Washington DC celebrated the 65thAnniversary of the Independence of Sri Lanka with a spectacular cultural evening at the University of the District of Columbia on Saturday, February 9. Approximately one thousand Sri Lankan – American community members and distinguished invitees including United States  Congressmen , senior government officials and Washington based Ambassadors  witnessed the biggest Sri Lankan cultural event held outside of Sri Lanka.

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