Sri Lankan events to boost bilateral ties

November 28, 2001
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Kathmandu: As the Sri Lanka’s Chairmanship of the SAARC as well as the tenure of Sri Lanka’s SAARC Secretary General, Nihal Rodrigo is coming to a close, the Kathmandu based Embassy of Sri Lanka is organizing two important events beginning 30 th November that will last till December 10, 2001.

The first event of the season, says a press release issued by the embassy, will be a painting exhibition by an internationally acclaimed Sri Lankan painter Jayasiri Semage which will be inaugurated on 30 November by Mrs. Arzoo Deuba at the Siddhartha Art Gallery.

The Sri Lankan artist Jayasiri Semage has to his credit several painting exhibitions held in the past not only in his own country but abroad as well.

His paintings have been already exhibited in Japan, Malaysia, Russia, Singapore, Sweden and Thailand. His works is on permanent display, we are told, at many institutions in Sri Lanka and elsewhere. This outstanding Sri Lankan artist has done Mural paintings of Temples in Malaysia and Singapore.

This is perhaps first time that Nepal will have the honor to understand the talent of an extraordinary painter from Sri Lanka. The veteran Sri Lankan artist will exhibit some of his marvelous creation which go well over forty plus that all were based on the themes of the villages and its lifestyles of Sri Lanka. Next year the Sri Lankan artist plans to display his exhibition in the UN premises in Geneva.

The Sri Lankan film festival begins next Monday. The films selected for the Kathmandu viewers include Anantha Rathriya, Baddegama, Elivena Dawasa which all have won prestigious awards Minister Bal Bahadur K.C is inaugurating the film festival. It is hoped that events of these sorts will strengthen the cordial ties that so happily subsists in between Colombo and Kathmandu.