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Sinhalese New Year
Sinhalese New Year
, generally known as
Aluth Avurudda
in Sri Lanka, is the new year of the
Sinhalese people
in
Sri Lanka
. It is a major anniversary celebrated by not only the Sinhalese people but by most
Sri Lankans
. The timing of the
Sinhala
New Year coincides with the new year celebrations of many traditional calendars of
South
and
Southeast Asia
. The festival has close semblance to the
Tamil New year
,
Thai New year
,
Bengali New Year
,
Cambodian New Year
,
Lao New Year
,
Thingyan
in Myanmar and
Odia New Year
festival in India. It is a public holiday in Sri Lanka. It is generally celebrated on 13 April or 14 April.
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