The Embassy following health guidelines issued by the Turkish health authorities celebrated “Sinhala & Tamil New Year” at the Chancery premises with the participation of Turkish government officials, Sri Lankans living in Turkey, Turkish media & friends of Sri Lanka in Turkey. This is the first ever “Sinhala & Tamil new year” organized by the Mission since opening the resident Mission in 2012.
Ambassador M.R. Hassen addressing the gathering greeted the gathering with and elaborated the importance of the New Year to Sri Lankans.
The new year traditions perhaps boiling milk, lighting oil lamp, traditional Sinhala and Tamil sweet meats such as milk rice, ‘kokis‘, ‘kewum‘, naran kevum, ‘aluwa’, dodol, murukku, laddu and some “Awurudu games” arranged at the event enthralled Turks as they witnessed them for the first time.
Embassy of Sri Lanka
Ankara
20 April 2021
