New Year is here again!
In the recent past, our society has continued to
display a steady alienation from our wholesome traditional
practices. A prominent victim of this distressful negligence is the
New Year Festival. Year after year, our collective zeal and fervour
for New Year celebrations have perceptibly declined.
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New Year rekindles lustre of life
The white feathered dove is the symbol of peace
the world over. For the Tamils and Sinhalese there is also another
bird which is a symbol of joy and peace the ‘Koha’ with its long
drawn stuccato chirrup is the precursor of new year. Many countries
specially Asia have their own new years day.
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Jungle fowl, the national emblem of Sri Lanka
The International Council for Bird Preservation
(ICBP) at its 14th conference, held in Tokyo in June 1960
unanimously passed a resolution selecting the Jungle Cock (an
endemic species) as the emblem of the Ceylon branch.
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