Time Out Srilanka - April 2016

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Sweet meats and special dishes are an essential facet of the Sinhala and Tamil New Year. While they have come to be identified with and annual festival, some of these food items are also prepared to mark special occasions. Here are some sweet meats and other foods prepared in Buddhist and Hindu households this time around.

The lighthouses of Sri Lanka were built during British rule.

For the first time in Sri Lanka three international stars will take the country by storm.

The Sinhala and Tamil New Year hails the diversity of the island nation.

Slovak singer and composer Ivana Mer released her debut album titled Early Works under the Slovak label
– Slnko Records on 29 February.

The magnificent colonial racecourse, complete with a colossal grandstand, boasting of British classic- style architecture in the most expensive precincts of the country’s capital is conspicuous to any visitor.

The unique architecture of Dutch buildings is unmistakable with arches and massive doorways as one stands on the remnants of the Dutch Fort in Kalpitiya, designed in 1666, and completed in 1676.

A magnificent construction on an uneven surface. The many kings of Sri Lanka with their extravagant and complex desires have often defied nature’s barriers to dictate many splendid creations that belie the imagination of commonplace folks.

With its conspicuous and imposing Gothic style, the Anglican All Saints’ Church in Galle is not to be missed.