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Message: <blockquote data-quote="sri_lion" data-source="post: 2426841" data-attributes="member: 4103">Actually Elakiri has a much deeper meaning to it too..From ancient times Sri Lankan's had a tendency to treat "Milk" as a sign of prosperity, Milk is bonded with our lives so much... if you see carefully you'll see that "Milk" has a very special place in Sri Lankan culture.. especially in Sinhalese and Tamil cultures...We commence the new year by boiling a pot of milk until it over pours, which implies "Let this new year be overflowed with prosperity"... and you might have definitely tasted "Kiri Bath" (Milk Rice) that's the 1st meal we take in every new year... and essential part of our New Year!! And not only that......... every time we commence a new thing, a new beginning let it be... New Business, New Job, New House Warming..... Milk Rice (Kiri Bath) is there.... its the "Milk" the liquid... and "Rice" the staple Sri Lankan diet... nourished our ancestors to build such marvels that you see in Anuradhapua Pollonaruwa... so the we keep the tradition alive!!"Milk" is so closely related with Sri Lankan lives... we even have a saying "Kiri gahata anna wage" which means "like you struck the milk tree" use to imply that "it was very successful"So the word goes on.. ELAKIRI!!!<img src="/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/default/wink.gif"  class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)" data-shortname=";)" /></blockquote>

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