The City of Angels on Friday, Aug. 9, celebrated the history and culture of the Sri Lankan, Korean and Ecuadorian communities in Los Angeles. The Los Angeles City Council meeting kicked off with a ...

KANDY, Sri Lanka -- It is August, and I have arrived in Kandy, Sri Lanka, to witness the Kandy Esala Perahera, one of the world's oldest and most grandiose cultural processions. This annual event, ...

So much of human culture has vanished from the world, will surely vanish still, will fall away as if it never existed. In the long view of time, our voices and our footprints are not as durable as we ...

SAN GABRIEL >> When Medini Ratnayake and her husband, Asela, founded the Serendib Foundation for Music & Performing Arts ten years ago, the couple wanted to present programming to promote the culture ...

The Ramayana is a classic story from Hindu mythology, telling the story of Rama and his conflict with the villainous Ravana, King of Lanka, who has kidnapped Rama’s consort Sita and trapped her in a ...

When it was her turn to perform on a recent Sunday, Kasuni Navinna took center stage in the dance studio at the Snug Harbor Cultural Center & Botanical Garden in Staten Island. As nine other dancers ...

In recent years, the Tompkinsville neighborhood of Staten Island has earned the moniker “Little Sri Lanka,” in honor of the vibrant immigrant community that has developed in this New York City borough ...

The Princess Royal has been welcomed to Sri Lanka with a dazzling performance by traditional dancers – and carried some of her bags off the plane. Anne had a bag in each hand and a handbag as she ...