Sri Lanka is the place where all my ancestors were born.
I will now talk about Sri Lanka in terms of : History, Food, Drink, Sports and information about the Tamil Tigers.
History
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o Used to be a important post of many things, such as: Spices,Clothes.
o Was the first country to have a female ruler: Queen Anula.
o Buddhism arrived from India in the 3rd Century.
o On 4 February 1948 India received independence as the Dominion of Ceylon
o Between 1983 and 2009, there was a civil war between the Sri lankan government and the Tamil Tigers.
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§ Here is a short clip to show the History of Terroism in Sri Lanka.
Facts about Sri Lanka:
Here is a short prezzi presentation about some interesting facts about Sri Lanka.
Tamil Tigers-
- Known as the LTTE (Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam) had a base in Northen Sri Lanka
- Velupillai Prabhakaran was the man who formed this terrorist group. The whole motive of this group was to create a separate group in the North and West of Sri Lanka full of Tamils only.
- They used all kinds of weapons to achieve this. One was the suicide belt. It was a belt filled with explosive and also filled with nuts and bolts to maximize any damage.
Here is food and drink-
- Usually Sri Lankans have rice with a Main Curry which is usually: Chicken, Beef, Pork and Mutton.
- A typical Sri Lankan dish is Rice and Prawns.
- Sri Lanka is known for having most of their dishes with high Chilli content.
- Sri Lankans usually have mango which is chopped in pieces and put in vanilla ice cream.
- Dodol is a traditional dish also, which is very sweet. Here is a picture:
This about Sri Lankan sports-
- Sri Lankans do many sports. The one that they are famous at is Cricket.
- They also play football within themselves. I think that Sri Lankans are not very good at football compared to the other countries.
- They are very good at Cricket as you can see below in this video.
