Folk customs of Sri Lanka

 Folk customs of Sri Lanka Sri Lanka is the world's largest national holiday. Sri Lanka to implement five-day work week, Saturday and Sundays. There are also four public holidays, religious festivals 21, commercial festival 2, workers can leave for 14 days, to 7 days personal leave, sick leave, 21 days, so that Sri Lanka's non-working day in each year more than 150 days. The most important festival of the Sri Lankan Sinhala New Year Tamil New Year, Diwali, Independence Day, Christmas and so on.

traditional etiquette

Sri Lanka have maintained many of the traditional manners. Meet or farewell, generally do not shake hands, and hands together to pay tribute, welcome or farewell. Customers often received a wreath of flowers for the guests. Formal meetings, the sent a stack of leaves or a few slices of betel nut Xinglou that respect. Besides, there are several traditional ceremonies is still common for people: One EEP etiquette: copper lamps carved rooster, which put coconut oil, both sides will be lit wick, the band followed by drums. The ritual used in the city laid the first stone, the more significant store opening or a religious ceremony; Second, boiled milk ritual: the red jar filled with boiling milk, each with a tree, dipped in milk to sprinkle around the point to show prosperity. Such rituals commonly used in rural areas to celebrate the harvest and New Year holidays; third coconut ritual: choose a mature coconut, or on the wooden floor, split or force a knife fell to the ground, scattered coconut milk, a symbol of good luck wishful. This ritual often used in wedding and other festive occasions.

Sri Lanka for the ethnic clothing: men wear long-sleeved tight mouth Duangua, under Ariel Sharon dressed, usually white; women dressed in tight-fitting short-sleeved Duangua, wrapped in the colorful sari following. Men and women generally wear slippers, do not wear socks.

held in Sri Lanka often do not have ribbon-cutting ceremony, the general said oil lamps to celebrate a point. He died in shaking his head in the form agreed. Marriage used to pay the woman.

people like Sri Lanka, large red, white, brown, yellow, sky blue, grass green, and? black, but also with religious and ancient myths like the color of colors and patterns. Crow is considered in Sri Lanka? God Bird and the mascot, so admired by the people and worship.



Sinhalese Marriage Marriage Customs, the general is for the man invited the media to the woman home Yueqin, exchange Gengtie. If the woman agreed, the man identified by the wedding. Conditions when both men and women but also in the ring as a token of exchange.

to return the selected pro-Japanese, the groom into the room, by the bride's brother to wash his feet, or sprinkle a few drops in the shoes, the groom should then wash his foot to give a brother-in- rings. Then come a paved surface with a white cloth will bring the gift on the white cloth. Subsequently, the flowers to the bride and groom together to board the

gift sets inserted four corners of banana tree, decorated with a variety of festive things and guests were standing around, around in the middle of the bride and groom, the wedding begins, the groom solemnly put a piece of cloth and a Fish card presented to the bride, the bride received these two things, first turn around, and then cloth around his waist, then issuing on the head, which means that they have married a wife. Followed by the bride or groom's uncle, uncle with a silk thread wrapped around the thumb to the bride and groom together, playing a The fire was doused with water, which means that the new heart to heart, went through the test of fire and water, to grow old, never change. Line unpacked the bride and groom Zouxia Tai, the audience will be someone smashes a coconut, coconut milk scattered, symbolizing good luck and happiness.

pay attention to the marriage of Sri Lanka were married, mainly on caste spouse. Marriage is often arranged by parents in rural areas, but Vader is the girl to decide who, after their marriage his wife live in a permanent home, often cross-cousin marriage, uncles, brother and sister against marriage, the wife died, husband and aunt (that is, Qi Mei) marriage: her husband's death, the wife can and large Bo Xiaoshu (ie, married brother) marriage. Practiced monogamy.

women dressed in sari costumes and become the streets of Sri Lanka for a fascinating scene. For centuries, women in beautiful costumes of Sri Lanka to attract numerous visitors from around the world. People say that this dress was Indeed, half-length 5 meters of cloth around him, is indeed able to highlight the curves of the female body, and very beautiful.

Department of sari cloth around when we first around the waist, so that's a sari on the location of the navel, around to the fabric also in this position. At this time marked with a knot at the waist, and then circle around to pleat, to the rest of the fabric is about 5 inches thick. Marked about 7 to 10 fold, then they are stacked together and keep it perpendicular to the average. After the navel of these folds tucked waist position slightly left of center, we must ensure that they turn to the left. And then the rest of the fabric to the body from left to right around the time, and then put it into the right armpit side, above the left shoulder and let it down to his knees, and wrap right chest. Will end with a small pin in the shoulder fixed up with the shirt, to prevent shedding.



tooth tooth section for Sri Lanka section of the most solemn Buddhist event. July and August each year in the ancient city of Kandy have to hold up to 10 days of the grand event. By then, the bloom of small urn tooth care by the monastery's Dekor laden, the sound of the drum walk the line, is followed by hundreds of elephants, the onlookers along the tide of pilgrims.

Poussin section

spread Buddhism in Sri Lanka to celebrate the festival every year 5,6 months, to be held in Kandy, a grand event for up to 110 days. By then, the small urn tooth in full bloom, laden with the temple parenting Dekor, the sound of the drum slowly and the line, then follow the above elephants, pilgrims along the route, onlookers as the tide. Urn visited the tooth in the same time, enjoy the folk dance, the other celebrations.

nation of Sri Lanka customs and rituals of local customs and taboos



Buddhist country. Take off your shoes to enter temples. Prohibited inside the temple noise, camera. During religious festivals are usually forbidden to drink. Eating more spices with curry and spicy.

remember in Sri Lanka, South Asia, the Romans, some mosques or temples declined female visitors, who did not ask administrators to agree please do not trespassing.

Do not climb above the playing or riding on the statue of photographs to show respect for local beliefs.

hands together and greet the locals smile; Do not touch the child's head;

many tourist sites is not easy to find the bathroom, toilet paper is not only expensive and rough, it is best to bring enough components; and prepare change, the general visit to the toilet is paid.