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Message: <blockquote data-quote="sri_lion" data-source="post: 657779" data-attributes="member: 4103">Ok juz to add to what Elakiri really means and how it really rooted in our vocabulary.... ever wonder why they say it???Well... in Sinhalese culture people have believed from ancient times that milk is a sign of prosperity.. And our fore fathers, fathers and even current generations still do have that belief.. If you look at Sinhalese way of living you can see many examples.. During Sinhalese New Year we boil a pot of milk, and January 1st we eat Rice cooked in Milk and Not only that whenever we do some good thing for the first time our families still cook milk rice (Kiri bath), whether we just do it for the sake of it or intentionally i dunno...but this is the history and its just there until now..So when we say "Elakiri" which implies that everything is going fine... And oh!! there's a saying as well "Kiri gahata anna wage" which means it really went well without any troubles!!!</blockquote>

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