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  2. Sri Lanka Customs - Wikipedia

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    Customs, excise and gambling. Sri Lanka Customs ( Sinhala: ශ්‍රී ලංකා රේගුව, romanized: Shri Lanka Reguwa, Tamil: இலங்கை சுங்கச் சாவடி ) is a ministerial government department. The main functions of the department are, Collection of import and export data to provide statistics ...

  3. Culture of Sri Lanka - Wikipedia

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    The culture of Sri Lanka mixes modern elements with traditional aspects and is known for its regional diversity. Sri Lankan culture has long been influenced by the heritage of Theravada Buddhism passed on from India, and the religion's legacy is particularly strong in Sri Lanka's southern and central regions.

  4. Sri Lanka - Wikipedia

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    Sri Lanka, [a] historically known as Ceylon and officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, is an island country in South Asia. It lies in the Indian Ocean, southwest of the Bay of Bengal, separated from the Indian peninsula by the Gulf of Mannar and the Palk Strait. It shares a maritime border with the Maldives in the southwest ...

  5. Sri Lanka Coast Guard - Wikipedia

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    Prevent illegal fishing in the coastal areas of Sri Lanka, and protect fishermen, rendering whatever assistance is needed at sea, Assist the Sri Lanka Customs and other authorities to combat anti-smuggling and anti-immigration operations, Prevent and manage piracy,

  6. Poruwa ceremony - Wikipedia

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    The Poruwa ceremony appears to have existed in Sri Lanka before the introduction of Buddhism in the 3rd century BC. The Poruwa ceremony was a valid custom as a registered marriage until the British introduced the registration of marriages by Law in 1870. Today's Poruwa ceremony has been influenced by both upcountry and low country customs of ...

  7. Nagananda Kodituwakku - Wikipedia

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    Aged 24 Kodituwakku started his career in the Sri Lanka Customs. He went on to complete his attorneys-at-law finals at the Sri Lanka Law College Colombo in 1997. At the age of 47, Kodituwakku and his family migrated to the United Kingdom in 2001, he went on to study at Queen Mary University of London and enrolled as a solicitor in 2005. [2]

  8. Sinhalese New Year - Wikipedia

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    Sinhalese New Year, generally known as Aluth Avurudda ( Sinhala: අලුත් අවුරුද්ද) in Sri Lanka, is a Sri Lankan holiday that celebrates the traditional New Year of the Sinhalese people and Tamil population of Sri Lanka. It is a major anniversary celebrated by not only the Sinhalese and Tamil people but by most Sri Lankans.

  9. Thesavalamai - Wikipedia

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    Thesavalamai is the traditional law of the Sri Lankan Tamil inhabitants of the Jaffna peninsula, codified by the Dutch during their colonial rule in 1707. The Thesawalamai is a collection of the Customs of the Malabar Inhabitants of the Province of Jaffna (collected by Dissawe Isaak) and given full force by the Regulation of 1806.