Celebrate the Avurudda with pride - President
“We celebrate the Avurudda with pride in our efforts towards building
a self-sufficient nation,” said President Mahinda Rajapaksa in his New
Year message!
“We celebrate the dawn of this Sinhala and Tamil Aluth Avurudda with
pride in our efforts towards building a nation self-sufficient in an
abundant harvest of nature’s blessings, President Mahinda Rajapaksa said
in his Sinhala-Hindu New Year message.
The message stated: “Only a great cultural heritage and righteous
values could provide the world with people who are rich in humane
values. The foundation for this is provided to us by great celebrations
of national culture such as this festival. The continued sustenance of
rich cultural traditions is symbolic of a nation progressing rapidly
towards prosperity.
“We welcome this Aluth Avurudda at a time when production and
development in agriculture and other spheres are making immense
progress. It is essential to build national unity to usher in rapid
development in the country.
“What is outstanding in the traditions of these festivities are
coexistence and reconciliation.
The most valued quality of this Avurudu festival is taking the ideal
of understanding and cohesion beyond the family, to the village, the
city and the entire country. Taking this spirit of reconciliation
towards Sri Lanka being crowned the Wonder of Asia should be a firm
commitment of us all at this Aluth Avurudu festival”, the message said. |