Me favourite school leave time sinhala and hindu new year most improtont national festival.There are sveral natinal festival in sri lanka among them the sinhala and hindu new year is regarded as the most importont national festival.
The new year festival is held in the month of ” April”every year.It does not fall on a fixed day every year.The date is fixed by the astrologers. In most of the year it falls on 13th of April,This isa fesrival of cultural, Social and national importance.All the activities connectwd with this festival are done of cardingonal customs.There is an almanac in evey house.Allthe auspicious times are mentioned in it.firt of all the hearth is lit at the auspicious time and the traditional milk rice is cooked.Then they partake the firs t meal of milk rice.After par takind the first meal the y engage in other ctivities.They wear new clothes and exchange money with others. the cidren offer shea fs of betel and and worship their elders.
Annointing oil too is done at an auspicious time .This is usually done at the village temple. The first bath and se tting out to work are also done at an auspicious time.New year competitons are held on village level,There are lot of traditional games. Some of them are panchi porapol and ang-kelli. Olinda and raban are the popular games among women.The other games that can be seen are pillow fight, cadjan weaving and coconut scraping.
The sweet song of”koha” and the throb of the rabana are heard everywhere.People in all walks of life spend the new year joyfully.
