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Perfect Queensland sunshine set the scene for record crowds to attend the fourth annual Sri Lanka Day Multicultural Festival on Sunday, September 15. More than 4000 people flocked to Rocks Riverside Park, Seventeen Mile Rocks, to savour a wide range of Sri Lankan cuisine and cultural activities. Sri Lanka Day 2024, organised by the Federation …
The annual Sri Lanka Day Food and Multicultural Festival will be held on Sunday, September 15, at Rocks Riverside Park, Seventeen Mile Rocks. The festival is run by the Federation of Sri Lankan Organisations of Queensland and its member associations. Since its inauguration in 2021, the event has grown in popularity, with the Brisbane community …
A record number of people attended the Sri Lanka Day Food and Multicultural Festival at Rocks Riverside Park, Seventeen Mile Rocks on Sunday, October 15. The event, organised by the Federation of Sri Lankan Organisations of Queensland and its member associations, showcased the cultural heritage and culinary tastes of Sri Lanka to the wider multicultural …
The third annual Sri Lanka Day Multicultural Food and Cultural Festival promises to pack in the crowds with a long line-up of entertainment on Sunday, October 15, at Rocks Riverside Park, Seventeen Mile Rocks. The event, since its inauguration in 2021, has been growing in popularity and organisers say there will be a wide choice …
Classical displays of traditional dance and songs from the heart, liberally spiced with a serving of varied and unique cuisine, were all there for crowds to enjoy at the second annual Sri Lanka Day cultural and food festival at Rocks Riverside Park, Seventeen Mile Rocks, on Sunday, September 11. More than 1500 people enjoyed the …
The wider Brisbane community has once again risen to the occasion to support the urgent appeal launched by the Federation of Sri Lankan Organisations of Queensland to cover shipping costs to send 350 hospital beds for critical patients in ICU wards in Sri Lanka. The appeal was initiated following a plea from Sri Lankan doctors, …
Sixteen Sri Lankan ex-servicemen marched alongside their Anzac mates at the RSL Kenmore/Moggill branch’s Anzac Day ceremony at Brookfield showgrounds on Sunday. According to organisers, more than 8000 people attended the service. Admiral Travis Sinniah (Retired), the 21st Commander of the Sri Lanka Navy, laid a wreath at the war memorial on behalf of the Sri Lankan …
The Sri Lanka Society of Queensland will hold New Year festivities at the Jindalee Bowls Club on April 24. The Sinhala Association celebrations were held at the Mt Crosby Showground on Sunday, April 18. The Sinhalese and Tamil New Year was observed on Wednesday, April 14. The Avurudu festivities will include traditional food, Rasa Kavili, …
In the latest round of donations by the Federation of Sri Lankan Organisations in Queensland, 36 beds with mattresses and other accessories were handed over to Sri Lanka’s Ministry of Health on May 17, 2020, for distribution to hospitals throughout the country. The handing over ceremony was held at the Abeyrama Temple in Narahenpita. In …