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<blockquote data-quote="Mr PERERA" data-source="post: 6982255" data-attributes="member: 176031">[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Sri&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Pada Pilgrimage Season - December[/FONT]

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&nbsp; Sri Pada is the&nbsp; only mountains in the world where four major religions&nbsp; &nbsp; get together and worship. To the Buddhist, the imprint found on the&nbsp; &nbsp; summit of the mountain is the hallowed footprint of the Lord Buddha&nbsp; &nbsp; hence the Name ?SriPada?. To the Hindus, the footprint is that of God&nbsp; &nbsp; Shiva. To the Christians, it is the footprint of St. Thomas, and to the&nbsp; &nbsp; Islam, it?s the foot print of Adam, hence the title ?Adam?s peak?.&nbsp; &nbsp; Another name given by Sinhalese is ?Samanala Kanda? meaning Butterfly&nbsp; &nbsp; Mountain due to the fleet of butterflies fling around with the start of&nbsp; &nbsp; the season.It is 2243m in height above the sea level and about 27km&nbsp; (16&nbsp;&nbsp; miles) from bottom to the top by foot or 14.4km(9 miles) by&nbsp; vehicle&nbsp; and&nbsp; 12km (7 miles) by foot to the top of the pointed peak. 
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&nbsp; Since the 11th century the mountain has been a place of pilgrims. King&nbsp; &nbsp; Vijayabahu the 1 and King Nissankamalla of Polonnaruwa both recorded&nbsp; &nbsp; their pilgrimage here. Pilgrimage season begins from the full moon Poya&nbsp; &nbsp; day of December and continues until the Wesak festival in May. At&nbsp; other&nbsp;&nbsp; times the mountain is wet and rains make the trail dangeruose.&nbsp;&nbsp; Thosands&nbsp; of people makes the journey every year. Most of them climb in&nbsp;&nbsp; the night.&nbsp; The trail is illuminated by lamps. Pilgrims rests and the&nbsp;&nbsp; refreshment&nbsp; stalls make the climb easier. Those who reach the summit by&nbsp;&nbsp; dawn witness&nbsp; a glorious view of sun rising. 
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&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Sri pada pilgrims follow a number of traditions&nbsp; &nbsp; proceders. It?s customary for first time climbers to bathe at the stream&nbsp; &nbsp; call ?Seetha Gangula? and to pile white cloth on their heads. At&nbsp; &nbsp; ?indikatu pana? (place of the needle). The devotees stop and hang a&nbsp; &nbsp; threaded needle in to a shrub by path?s side, marking a spot where the&nbsp; &nbsp; Buddha is said to have stopped to mend a tear in his roab. It is bad&nbsp; &nbsp; form, by the way, to ask how far is it to the top...? Instead just&nbsp; &nbsp; exchange the greetings ?karunawai?: ?peace?. Some sing folk songs. The&nbsp; &nbsp; huge bell at the summit is strucked by every pilgrim once for each time&nbsp; &nbsp; they visited. Present visit is not counted, as it?s not completed&nbsp; until&nbsp;&nbsp; they return home. Wearing a sweater is a must as it could be&nbsp; very cold&nbsp;&nbsp; at the summit.
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&nbsp; [FONT=Verdana,]Christmas - December[/FONT]
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&nbsp;&nbsp; [FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Preparation&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; for this great day begin weeks before as in any other&nbsp; &nbsp; country. The&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; festive sound of firecrackers waking you up&nbsp; at&nbsp; the dawn of&nbsp; December&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 1st is the first intimation that&nbsp;&nbsp; Christmas is round the&nbsp; corner. all&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; most every home of&nbsp;&nbsp; Christian, or catholic wake up with the&nbsp; dawn of&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; the first&nbsp;&nbsp; day of the month of December to perform the first&nbsp; ritualistic&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; task of the month of merry making. [/FONT]&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; [FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Despite&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; the fact that nearly 70% of population are practicing&nbsp; &nbsp; Buddhism while&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; another 15% of people are Hindus, only a&nbsp;&nbsp; 7% of Sri Lanka’s&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; population are Christians It is&nbsp;&nbsp; celebrated by Christians&nbsp; and shared&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; by non-Christians in&nbsp;&nbsp; true Lankan style.[/FONT]
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&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; [FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif] It&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; is said that the very first celebration of&nbsp;&nbsp; this festival&nbsp; was perhaps&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; introduced to Sri Lanka (early&nbsp;&nbsp; known as Ceylon) by the&nbsp; Portuguese&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; who ruled Lanka&nbsp; From&nbsp; 1505~1650.then the Dutch who ruled&nbsp; from 1658~1796&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; followed by British who ruled from 1815~1948.[/FONT]
&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; [FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]The&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; festivity spreads through all shopping&nbsp;&nbsp; centers all over&nbsp; the island.&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Even the small wayside&nbsp;&nbsp; boutiques in the heart of the&nbsp; country come&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; out with&nbsp;&nbsp; their small festive décor.Christmas trees&nbsp; decorated&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; and&nbsp;&nbsp; lit up are a common sight in shopping complexes and&nbsp; every Christian&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; homes. even non Christians make Christmas trees for their&nbsp; &nbsp; children&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; and let them enjoy the lovely Christmas.[/FONT]
&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; [FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]The&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 25th of December, the commemoration day of&nbsp;&nbsp; the birth of&nbsp; “Jesus&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Christ” is a public holiday and the&nbsp;&nbsp; midnight of 24th of&nbsp; December&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Cathedrals, Churches and&nbsp;&nbsp; little Chapels all over the&nbsp; island Christian&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; attend “Mid&nbsp;&nbsp; night Mass”(the Holy Eucharist) to celebrate&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; in union&nbsp;&nbsp; with their fellowmen . [/FONT]
&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; [FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]ever&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Christians and non-Christians enjoy&nbsp;&nbsp; themselves to the&nbsp; fullest. most&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; non-Christians are&nbsp;&nbsp; invited to parties by their Christian&nbsp; friends&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; and&nbsp;&nbsp; Christmas day finds people visiting relatives ,friends&nbsp; and neighbors&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; to share with them the seasonal cake and wine followed by a&nbsp; &nbsp; lavish&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; spread lunch and diner. It continues until the&nbsp;&nbsp; season&nbsp; draws to an&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; end.[/FONT]
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[QUOTE="Mr PERERA, post: 6982255, member: 176031"] [CENTER][B][FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif][SIZE=4]Sri Pada Pilgrimage Season - December[/SIZE][/FONT][/B] [IMG]http://discoversrilanka.com/festivals/siripada/images/peak-from-fisher-hut.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://www.imagesofceylon.com/architecture/a83-full.jpg[/IMG] Sri Pada is the only mountains in the world where four major religions get together and worship. To the Buddhist, the imprint found on the summit of the mountain is the hallowed footprint of the Lord Buddha hence the Name ?SriPada?. To the Hindus, the footprint is that of God Shiva. To the Christians, it is the footprint of St. Thomas, and to the Islam, it?s the foot print of Adam, hence the title ?Adam?s peak?. Another name given by Sinhalese is ?Samanala Kanda? meaning Butterfly Mountain due to the fleet of butterflies fling around with the start of the season.It is 2243m in height above the sea level and about 27km (16 miles) from bottom to the top by foot or 14.4km(9 miles) by vehicle and 12km (7 miles) by foot to the top of the pointed peak. Since the 11th century the mountain has been a place of pilgrims. King Vijayabahu the 1 and King Nissankamalla of Polonnaruwa both recorded their pilgrimage here. Pilgrimage season begins from the full moon Poya day of December and continues until the Wesak festival in May. At other times the mountain is wet and rains make the trail dangeruose. Thosands of people makes the journey every year. Most of them climb in the night. The trail is illuminated by lamps. Pilgrims rests and the refreshment stalls make the climb easier. Those who reach the summit by dawn witness a glorious view of sun rising. Sri pada pilgrims follow a number of traditions proceders. It?s customary for first time climbers to bathe at the stream call ?Seetha Gangula? and to pile white cloth on their heads. At ?indikatu pana? (place of the needle). The devotees stop and hang a threaded needle in to a shrub by path?s side, marking a spot where the Buddha is said to have stopped to mend a tear in his roab. It is bad form, by the way, to ask how far is it to the top...? Instead just exchange the greetings ?karunawai?: ?peace?. Some sing folk songs. The huge bell at the summit is strucked by every pilgrim once for each time they visited. Present visit is not counted, as it?s not completed until they return home. Wearing a sweater is a must as it could be very cold at the summit. [IMG]http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3169/2282634427_b9bcf95fff_o.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3239/2527803596_0a99ae9a8e_o.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://www.quthbiyamanzil.org/Photos/Places/AdamsPeak2.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://www.mysrilankaholidays.com/gallery/adams-peak-6.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://www.outboundholidays.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/adams-peak.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://www.sacredsites.com/asia/sri_lanka/images/buddhist-monk-venerating-500.jpg[/IMG] [FONT=Verdana,][SIZE=5][B]Christmas - December[/B][/SIZE][/FONT] [IMG]http://www.destination-munich.com/images/christmas-market-manger.jpg[/IMG] [FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif][SIZE=2]Preparation for this great day begin weeks before as in any other country. The festive sound of firecrackers waking you up at the dawn of December 1st is the first intimation that Christmas is round the corner. all most every home of Christian, or catholic wake up with the dawn of the first day of the month of December to perform the first ritualistic task of the month of merry making. [/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif][SIZE=2]Despite the fact that nearly 70% of population are practicing Buddhism while another 15% of people are Hindus, only a 7% of Sri Lanka’s population are Christians It is celebrated by Christians and shared by non-Christians in true Lankan style.[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif][SIZE=2] It is said that the very first celebration of this festival was perhaps introduced to Sri Lanka (early known as Ceylon) by the Portuguese who ruled Lanka From 1505~1650.then the Dutch who ruled from 1658~1796 followed by British who ruled from 1815~1948.[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif][SIZE=2]The festivity spreads through all shopping centers all over the island. Even the small wayside boutiques in the heart of the country come out with their small festive décor.Christmas trees decorated and lit up are a common sight in shopping complexes and every Christian homes. even non Christians make Christmas trees for their children and let them enjoy the lovely Christmas.[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif][SIZE=2]The 25th of December, the commemoration day of the birth of “Jesus Christ” is a public holiday and the midnight of 24th of December Cathedrals, Churches and little Chapels all over the island Christian attend “Mid night Mass”(the Holy Eucharist) to celebrate in union with their fellowmen . [/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif][SIZE=2]ever Christians and non-Christians enjoy themselves to the fullest. most non-Christians are invited to parties by their Christian friends and Christmas day finds people visiting relatives ,friends and neighbors to share with them the seasonal cake and wine followed by a lavish spread lunch and diner. It continues until the season draws to an end.[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif][SIZE=2][IMG]http://www.defence.lk/img/20081226_Jaff01.jpg[/IMG][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif][SIZE=2][IMG]http://www.redbridgerenet.co.uk/gallery/christmas_day_sri_lanka.jpg[/IMG][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif][SIZE=2][IMG]http://www.redbridgerenet.co.uk/gallery/christmas_church_building.jpg[/IMG][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif][SIZE=2][IMG]http://www.acmetravels.com/content/news-event/image/4ed3fb09_fd1a_4501_aa99_1544ed567920.jpg[/IMG][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif][SIZE=2][SIZE=4][B]FINISH.[/B][/SIZE][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif][SIZE=2][SIZE=5][B]ADD REP++ IF YOU LIKE MY TREAD!![/B][/SIZE][/SIZE][/FONT] [URL="http://www.elakiri.com/forum/%3Ca%20href="][IMG]http://cdn.content.sweetim.com/sim/cpie/emoticons/000200CA.gif[/IMG][/URL][/CENTER] [/QUOTE]

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