Thorathuru - Sri Lanka Association of NSW

APRJUNE
2011
Thorathuru
www.slansw.org.au
COMMUNITY NEWSLETTER PUBLISHED BY SRI LA NKA ASSOCIATION OF NSW INC (ABN 76 983 916 417)
IN THIS ISSUE
From the Editor
THE CONTENTS
INDEPENDENCE DAY—2-3
SENIOR CITIZENS DAY 4-5
VILLAGE FAMILY NIGHT 8-10
2010–11 COMMITTEE
President
Mr Avinder Paul
Vice Presidents
Mr Shanta Fernando
Mrs Rukshi Edirisinghe
Secretary
Mr Roshan Wicrkremenaye
Treasurer
Mr Rajan Wijey
I have to apologize to the community for having failed to keep the
Thorathuru at the level of a news letter and only reporting the events conducted by the Association.
My best efforts to attract contributions and articles of interest met only
with limited response. I suppose with the growing use of the electronic
media paper reading is moving to the back row. Today news needs not only be of the day but updated by the hour. Articles of historical interest or
of cultural significance find their place in journals of special interest.
The Thorathuru seems to be appreciated in hard copy form only by some
of senior citizens who may yet prefer to read a paper version rather than
on screen.
I have one more Thorathuru to publish and thank all those who helped me
and wish the new Editor all success.
Sec/Public Officer
Mrs Nelum Joachim
Editor
Mr Sunil de Silva
Committee Members
Mrs Narelle Bolling
Mrs Kamani Walpola
Mrs Anoja De Alwis
Mrs Niranajali Athulathmudali
Mr Simon Budhivijaya
Mr Krishan Lye
Prof Wjie Ariyaratne
Dr Shelton Peris
Trustees
Dr Nimal Edirisinghe
Dr Ruwan Walpola
Auditor
Mr Sunny Jayathilake
GPO BOX 3120 · SYDNEY NSW 2001
CELEBRATION OF THE 63rd ANNIVERSARY
OF SRI LANKA REMERGING AS A SOVEREIGN NATION
The Roselea Community Centre at Carlingford
hosted over thousand attendees of a function organized jointly by the Sri Lanka Consulate and several community groups.
Hoisting the national flags and the lighting of the
traditional oil lamp by children
from all ethnic groups that constitute the multi-stranded Sri Lankan community watched
by Hon Sashikala Premawardhana and the Hon Dayasiri
Fernando
Launched an evening of
recalling the past, celebrating the present and honouring the achievements of
those who hold our future
in their hands
The function was conducted with the blessings of religious leaders representing all
the major beliefs and philosophies that we practise and revere in our multi religious
homogeneity.
Messages from His Excellency the President the Prime Minister and the Minster of
Foreign Affairs were read by young representatives of the community in NSW
Our Committee member Krishan Lye was a compere par excellance coordinating the different segments with aplomb and polish
A message from our President Avinder Paul who
had to be Sri Lanka for his mother‘s funeral was
read out by Anoja de Alwis. The Sri Lanka Association segment was conducted by our Secretary
Roshan Wickeremnayke
The Sri Lanka Association recognition of the
young High Achievers was a significant part of the
evening.
Two messages on the significance
of the Independence day from the
community were delivered by
Sunil de Silva and Dr Yasanta
Wijeratne
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SENIOR CITIZENS DAY
As our President Avinder Paul said in his welcome speech, hosting our seniors to a day of music, dancing and
games is one of the events that the Sri Lanka Association takes the greatest of pleasure to organize. It recognizes a
core value of our culture that those who brought us into the world, nurtured and guided our footsteps should be respected and venerated. Perhaps political forces that looked upon the seniors as baggage to be eliminated never got
off the ground in our country.
The function coordinator
Rukshi Edirisinghe
Our Committee members who made the
event the success it
turned out.
Our compere Krishan Lye–
the Committee—NiranjaliManel-Anoja-RajanKamani—The musicians led
by laki Guneewardena and
our singsers
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The Village Family Night
The oganazing committee headed by Anoja de Alwis promised that on Saturday 19 March 2011, the Sri
Lanka Association of New South Wales would turn the Bowman Hall, Blacktown into a Bowman Gama
in rural Sri Lanka
The doors
opened at 6:30
pm. To reveal a
Hall decorated
with set of village
style huts running
halfway up on
one side of the
hall a band on the
stage and a half
cart with a bunch.
of thambili and kehel muwa dangling from the roof of the huts completing the village motif. The village Mudalalie complete with gold watch and chain, a corpulent ‗bundie‘ and fierce moustache was
seen keeping things moving. Oh it is Nirajan, Mudalalie today and Santa Claus yesterday.
The tables set with ‗Wesak Koodu‘ type lanterns, bottles of
wine and soft drinks beckoned to those entering the Hall. Not
to be out done by the ambiance, the women in cloth and jacket
displaying varying extent of midriff and men in colourful sarongs and matching shirts. started filling the Hall. The corks
popped and the good cheer poured out. An entre of boiled
manioc and katta samabal struck hidden chords from Sri
Lanka.
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The young ones in Sri Lankan attire joined in the scene set by Anoja and the Committee and presented
a mix of Sri Lankan attire worn with an Aussie flourish. The band struck up and our compere, the willowy Miss Panadure drew the crowd to the floor
Our Aussie visitors Hon Greg Smith SC, MP, Kevin
Conolly MP joined the crowd and Greg Smith enthralled the audience with his powerful and emotive
rendering of the Irish ballad ‗Oh Danny boy‘
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Anoja-Niranjan-Buddhi– must be congratulated for having created presentation that would have evoked
nostalgic memories that would have transported most Sydney siders back home and have given our
Australian friends a taste of Sri Lanka.
A sumptuous dinner of string hoppers, fried rice, dosa, nan with varied curries and completed with Sri
Lankan sweets, wattilappam, curd and treacle, made it impossible to keep the good intention of not
over indulging.
Mix fried Rice -Red Rice-String hoppers-Dosa - Elumus Curry -Devilled Chicken—Black Pork CurryFish Malay Curry-Dhal White curry-Polos Curry—Tempered Cadju-Tomato, Onion & Egg Sambol Pol Sambol - Katta Sambol -Coconut Milk—Papadam-Fried Chilli-Wattalappan-Waraka-PineappleCurd & Treacle-Tea/Coffee -
Aubrey Joachim conducted the quest for the Village Queen and the Village King – a bevy of Sri
Lankan beauties and one adopted Sri Lankan vied for the title. A clutch of Sri Lankan youth challenged each other for the Crown. Gayathri Silva was selected as the Queen with M Rajanayagam and
Julia Ratnayake as the runners up. The King was Dhanushka De Alwis
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The music resumed and the hall throbbed to the compelling rhythm of the baila and the gyrations of the
svelte and not so svelte forms in cloth and jacket kept pace with the sarong and shirt clad partners not the
least the ‗young Sumana‘ who put many of her younger sisters to shame with her perfect co-ordination
of movement to the music. A night that reluctantly had to be drawn to a close near one a.m. while the
floor was yet jam packed with revellers
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Sri Lanka Association of NSW Inc.
GPO Box 3120, Sydney NSW 2001
President - Mr. Avinder Paul (02) 9440-8349
Secretary - Mr. Roshan Wickremanayake (02) 9402-8115
Treasurer - Mr. Rajan Wije (02) 9642-3155
27th September 2011
Dear Member,
Notice of 2011 Annual General Meeting of the Sri Lanka Association of NSW Inc.
Notice is hereby given that the Annual General Meeting of the Sri Lanka Association of NSW Inc. will be held at 4.30 pm on
Sunday 30th October 2011 at the REBELLION ROOM, Level 1, Castle Grand Community Centre, Corner of Pennant
and Castle Streets, Castle Hill 2154
Agenda for the above meeting will be as follows:
1. Welcome
2. Apologies
3. Adoption of the Minutes of the AGM for 2009-2010 held on 10 October 2010
4. President‘s Report for the year 2010-2011
5. Presentation of the accounts for the year 2010-2011
6. Election of the office bearers for the year 2011-2012
7. Acceptance by the incoming President on behalf of the new Committee
8. Appointment of Auditor
9. Vote of thanks
Your attention is drawn to Rule 27of The Rules of the Sri Lanka Association of NSW Inc regarding the appointment of Office
Bearers for the year 2011-2012
Nominations need be filed as required by Rule 26 of the above Rules, for the positions of
1. President
2. Two positions of Vice- President
3. Two positions of Secretary – one of these positions will be responsible for the duties of the ―
Public Officer‖
4. Treasurer
5. Eight positions of Committee members
6. Editor
Yours Faithfully,
Roshan Wickremanayake
Honorary Secretary
For and on behalf of Sri Lanka Association of NSW Inc
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