People of Sri Lanka are best known for their friendliness and hospitality
According to 2007 statistics, the population of Sri Lanka stands at 20,926,315, and the growth rate is 1.00%. The people of Sri Lanka belong to different ethnic and cultural groups.
The absolute majority is constituted by the Sinhalese who are concentrated in the southern, western, central, and north-central parts of the nation. In the rural areas of the Wet Zone lowlands more than 95 % of the population is Sinhalese. Sinhalese make up about 74 percent of the Sri Lankan people. The language they speak is Sinhala, which is the official language, and most people are Buddhists. A small number are Christians (8%). The Sri Lankan Tamils are concentrated in the Jaffna Peninsula and in the nearby districts of the northern lowlands as well as the eastern littorals. They make up about 18 percent of Sri Lankan people. Most of them are Hindu. The Veddhas the Indigenous inhabitants of Sri Lanka preserve a direct line of descendants from the island’s original Neolithic community and have a different culture and dialect of their own.
The culture of Sri Lanka has been influenced by many things in the past. Mostly it has been influenced by religion and colonialization. During domestic instability and frequent forced invasions Sinhalese culture experienced fundamental changes. Experiencing Sri Lanka culture is a life time opportunity, seeing and participating Sri Lankan Festivals is the best way to experience sri Lanka culture, traditions, life and its people.
Coming back to the other ethnic groups, the Muslims consits of 7% - the main concentration of this group occur mainly in the eastern lowlands and southern areas. They form a small but valuable portion of the urban and suburban population in other areas like Colombo, Kandy, Puttalam, and Gampaha. The agglomeration of the Indian Tamils, a majority of whom are plantation workers transported by the British, is in the higher areas of the Central Highlands. Besides, the population also consists of Moors, Burghers and Malays .
Mode of dress – the rural men are dressed in a long cloth wrapped around the waist and a shirt or jacket, but majority of men in the cities and towns wear Western clothes. The women of Sri Lanka are attired in brightly colored saris, or brightly colored cloth wrapped round the hip and jacket but the younger generation in cities sport western clothes . .
Sri Lanka has a very high literacy rate since all governments support free education from kindergarten to University level. There are many Public schools as well as Private schools in all major cities. Schools are found in most every village. Children between the ages of 5 and 12 are required to go to school. The medium of instruction is Sinhala and Tamil , with English as the second Language. Recently English was also added as the medium of instruction The Private schools teach all three languages and any other foreign language/s desired by students But this trend is different in International Schools that have come up like mushrooms Their syllabus and activities are from other schools and all classes are conducted in English.
The absolute majority is constituted by the Sinhalese who are concentrated in the southern, western, central, and north-central parts of the nation. In the rural areas of the Wet Zone lowlands more than 95 % of the population is Sinhalese. Sinhalese make up about 74 percent of the Sri Lankan people. The language they speak is Sinhala, which is the official language, and most people are Buddhists. A small number are Christians (8%). The Sri Lankan Tamils are concentrated in the Jaffna Peninsula and in the nearby districts of the northern lowlands as well as the eastern littorals. They make up about 18 percent of Sri Lankan people. Most of them are Hindu. The Veddhas the Indigenous inhabitants of Sri Lanka preserve a direct line of descendants from the island’s original Neolithic community and have a different culture and dialect of their own.
The culture of Sri Lanka has been influenced by many things in the past. Mostly it has been influenced by religion and colonialization. During domestic instability and frequent forced invasions Sinhalese culture experienced fundamental changes. Experiencing Sri Lanka culture is a life time opportunity, seeing and participating Sri Lankan Festivals is the best way to experience sri Lanka culture, traditions, life and its people.
Coming back to the other ethnic groups, the Muslims consits of 7% - the main concentration of this group occur mainly in the eastern lowlands and southern areas. They form a small but valuable portion of the urban and suburban population in other areas like Colombo, Kandy, Puttalam, and Gampaha. The agglomeration of the Indian Tamils, a majority of whom are plantation workers transported by the British, is in the higher areas of the Central Highlands. Besides, the population also consists of Moors, Burghers and Malays .
Mode of dress – the rural men are dressed in a long cloth wrapped around the waist and a shirt or jacket, but majority of men in the cities and towns wear Western clothes. The women of Sri Lanka are attired in brightly colored saris, or brightly colored cloth wrapped round the hip and jacket but the younger generation in cities sport western clothes . .
Sri Lanka has a very high literacy rate since all governments support free education from kindergarten to University level. There are many Public schools as well as Private schools in all major cities. Schools are found in most every village. Children between the ages of 5 and 12 are required to go to school. The medium of instruction is Sinhala and Tamil , with English as the second Language. Recently English was also added as the medium of instruction The Private schools teach all three languages and any other foreign language/s desired by students But this trend is different in International Schools that have come up like mushrooms Their syllabus and activities are from other schools and all classes are conducted in English.
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