New Year Traditions Sri Lanka

The first signs of spring remind sri lankans that it s time for a spectrum of festivities which encompass rhythmic beats on the rabana a one sided traditional drum sweet delicacies and the melodies of the koel a stringed instrument used to sing in the new year.
New year traditions sri lanka. On a more practical note this is the time of the year when the farmers harvest the rice after 6 months of hard work. Welcoming the new year avurudu in sri lanka discover the traditions practised in sinhala and tamil households during the sinhala and tamil new year by time out editors posted. Tuesday march 31 2015.
Sinhalese new year generally known as aluth avurudda in sri lanka is a sri lankan holiday that celebrates the traditional new year of the sinhalese people in sri lanka. The festival has close semblance to the tamil new year and other south and southeast asian new year. Rice is the staple food of sri lanka and paddy crops are cultivated in all the districts.
Usually sinhala and hindu new year avurudu falls on april 13th and 14th symbolizing the ending of the old year and the beginning of the new year.