Download or read book Aspects of Sinhala Folklore written by Jayaratna Banda Disanayaka and published by . This book was released on 1984 with total page 150 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Aspects of Sinhala Folklore written by Jayaratna Banda Disanayaka and published by . This book was released on 1984 with total page 134 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Folklore of Sri Lanka written by Nandasēna Ratnapāla and published by . This book was released on 1991 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Sinhalese Folklore Notes written by Arthur A. Perera and published by . This book was released on 1917 with total page 92 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Sinhalese Folklore Folk Religion and Folk Life written by Nandasēna Ratnapāla and published by . This book was released on 1980 with total page 406 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Sinhalese Folklore Notes Ceylon written by Arthur A. Perera and published by Good Press. This book was released on 2023-10-27 with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Sinhalese Folklore Notes, Ceylon" by Arthur A. Perera delves into the rich tapestry of Sinhalese folklore, offering readers a glimpse into the cultural heritage of Ceylon (now Sri Lanka). Perera's collection of folklore notes provides a valuable resource for those interested in the traditions, myths, and legends of this vibrant culture. With its insightful commentary and exploration of Ceylon's folk traditions, this book appeals to folklore enthusiasts and anyone seeking to better understand the cultural heritage of Sri Lanka.
Download or read book South Asian Folklore written by Peter Claus and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2020-10-28 with total page 754 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With 600 signed, alphabetically organized articles covering the entirety of folklore in South Asia, this new resource includes countries and regions, ethnic groups, religious concepts and practices, artistic genres, holidays and traditions, and many other concepts. A preface introduces the material, while a comprehensive index, cross-references, and black and white illustrations round out the work. The focus on south Asia includes Afghanistan, Bangladesh, India, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka, with short survey articles on Tibet, Bhutan, Sikkim, and various diaspora communities. This unique reference will be invaluable for collections serving students, scholars, and the general public.
Download or read book Studies in Sinhala Literacy written by Jayaratna Banda Disanayaka and published by . This book was released on 1990 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Folk Tales from the Serendib written by Sunil Munasinghe and published by Tamarind Tree Books Incorporated. This book was released on 2014-09 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A wonderful collection of tales about villagers and talking animals and their day-to-day problems in a pastoral Sri Lanka. Many stories are similar to the ones heard in other South Asian lands, a testimony to the foreign influences that blew across the island over the centuries through interaction with invaders, adventurers and peaceful travellers. These folktales do not, however, offer moral lessons. They are hilarious, with characters who find themselves in awkward situations and end up exhibiting the many tragic and comic aspects of our transient lives."--
Download or read book Sinhalese Folklore Notes written by Arthur A. Perera and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Sun and Moon in Sinhala Culture written by Vinī Vitāraṇa and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 158 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Best Loved Folk Tales of Sri Lanka written by Manel Ratnatunga and published by Sterling Publications. This book was released on 1999 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This series of fascinating folk tales are from the different states of India. Children love to hear tales. These stories, handed down from generation to generation, will hold them spell bound. An effective way of introducing good literature to children, these tales make interesting reading.
Download or read book Tales from Sri Lanka written by Manel Ratnatunga and published by New Dawn Press. This book was released on 2006 with total page 207 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sri Lanka, one of the most beautiful islands in the world, has a rich cultural history of over 2000 years. This book is an attempt by to preserve the fast-dying oral literature and traditions of the country and to make people aware of their national heritage. Through these tales, Manel Ratnatunga has succeeded in reminding people about their glorious past which has been handed down from generation to generation. The fascinating stories, retold in a lucid simple style, will succeed in keeping readers of all ages spellbound. A blending of folklore and history make the tales more interesting and lively. This collection gives a rare glimpse into the captivating culture and history of Sri Lanka.
Download or read book The Politics and Poetics of Authenticity written by Harshana Rambukwella and published by UCL Press. This book was released on 2018-07-02 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What is the role of cultural authenticity in the making of nations? Much scholarly and popular commentary on nationalism dismisses authenticity as a romantic fantasy or, worse, a deliberately constructed mythology used for political manipulation. The Politics and Poetics of Authenticity places authenticity at the heart of Sinhala nationalism in late nineteenth and twentieth-century Sri Lanka. It argues that the passion for the ‘real’ or the ‘authentic’ has played a significant role in shaping nationalist thinking and argues for an empathetic yet critical engagement with the idea of authenticity. Through a series of fine-grained and historically grounded analyses of the writings of individual figures central to the making of Sinhala nationalist ideology the book demonstrates authenticity’s rich and varied presence in Sri Lankan public life and its key role in understanding postcolonial nationalism in Sri Lanka and elsewhere in South Asia and the world. It also explores how notions of authenticity shape certain strands of postcolonial criticism and offers a way of questioning the taken-for-granted nature of the nation as a unit of analysis but at the same time critically explore the deep imprint of nations and nationalisms on people's lives.
Download or read book The Legacy of Stylistic Theatre in the Creation of a Modern Sinhala Drama in Sri Lanka written by Lakshmi D. Bulathsinghala and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2024-04-30 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book explores the development of Sinhala stylistic drama from its earliest manifestations to the post-independence era. Bulathsinghala examines the impact of indigenous and imported folk theatrical forms on the work of the most significant postcolonial stylistic dramatists and on key plays that they produced. In the process, the book explores a number of myths and misunderstandings regarding Sri Lanka’s folk heritage and seeks to establish more reliable information on the principal indigenous Sri Lankan folk dramatic forms and their characteristics. At the same time, by drawing connections between folk drama and the post-independence stylistic theatrical movement, the author demonstrates the essential role of the former in Sinhala culture prior to the advent of Western and other influences and shows how both continue to inflect Sri Lankan drama today. This book will help to open the field of South Asian drama studies to an audience consisting not only of scholars and students but also of general readers who are interested in the fields of drama and theatre and Asian studies.
Download or read book Folklore of Sri Lanka written by Nandasēna Ratnapāla and published by . This book was released on 1991 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Princes Peasants and Clever Beasts written by and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 92 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
