http://amazinglanka.com/wp/sigiriya/La Bandiera Year 7 Assignment 2014 SRI LANKA Janani Balamanoharan 7J SECTION 1: History of Sri Lanka People from the Tamil region of India emigrated to Ceylon (this was Sri Lanka’s name before 1972) in between 3 BC and 1200 AD. Upon their arrival‚ the Tamil rulers fought the Sinhalese rulers for control of Sri Lanka. This resulted in the Tamils‚ who were mostly Hindus‚ to claim the northern part of Sri Lanka and the Sinhalese
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TAMIL NADU The Tamil Home Land The Tamil people of the island of Ceylon (now called Sri Lanka) constitute a distinct nation. They form a social entity‚ with their own history‚ traditions‚ culture‚ language and traditional homeland. The Tamil people call their nation ’Tamil Eelam’. As a nation‚ Tamils have the inalienable right to self-determination‚ a universal principle enshrined in the U.N. Charter that guarantees the right of a people to political independence. Apart from the right to
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school teacher and transformation in behaviour of the teacher’s orthodox wife towards the little Kalam is very moving. Similarly in an incident when defence minister arranged helicopter for scientist Kalam to attend his niece’s marriage at a village in Tamil nadu is very touching. It also inspires the reader of the book to excel in their own field to get recognition. The book also reveals the Abdul kalam’s as a leader and his capability of working as a team member which otherwise would not have been known
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New Year’s Day ------------------------------------------------- Every country has New Year’s Day. Most countries celebrate New Year on the first of January‚ the same as Thailand and Australia. However‚ in Thailand they are celebrated New Year by themselves because they have a second New Year called Song Kran Day or Thai New Year’s Day. This essay will look at the similarities and differences between Thai and Australia New Year. ------------------------------------------------- There are similarities
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the New Year the new year started with joy and happy times. I ended the year with tears. My best friend was a drug addict and i had to help her into rehab. She did not want to go to rehab so we told her we were taking her to disneyland. She was so excited that she drove right home and packed her bags. Every country has their own holiday system. Different countries have different holidays. There are also some common holidays that people celebrate around the world‚ such as Christmas and New Year
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New Year’s Eve: a comparison between China and Brazil. Raif Remígio Alves SBA‚ Zhejiang Gongshang University‚ China. e-mail: raifalves@hotmail.com Introduction A moment to calm‚ review the contents of the past‚ to establish in the present and generate power to carry the future. Thus it is that most people around the world celebrate the new year‚ regardless of their country of origin‚ culture or financial condition. The New Year is always celebrated with much joy‚ peace and prosperity wishes
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Gabriela J. Bachman Professor Lathrop Writing 1 19 October‚ 2009 New Years at Home As I described in essay one‚ New Years for my family is a very important event and we celebrate it with a number of activities based in superstition. According to Wikipedia (1) superstition is defined as “a credulous belief‚ not based on reason. The word is commonly applied to beliefs and practices surrounding luck‚ prophecy and spiritual beings‚ particularly the irrational belief that future events can be
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The group‚ Tamil Tigers‚ claim themselves to be freedom fighters. This report will show‚ and hopefully convince you‚ that they are not freedom fighters‚ but that they are a terrorist group. The use of boys and girls as young as ten years old for wars‚ suicide missions‚ and the assassinations of famous leaders‚ priests‚ and ministers are a few proofs that Tamil Tigers are terrorist. Tamil Tigers‚ also known as LTTE (Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam)‚ have been using boys and girls as young as ten
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TAMIL It is said that “Before the birth of stones and sand‚ brave tamil man was born”. It portrays the heritage of tamil language. It is the oldest Dravidian language ‚along with Chinese‚ Greek‚ Sanskrit and others. It is one of the world’s classical languages. All south indian language belong to single indian group known as the
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------------------------------------------------- Tamil Sangams The Tamil Sangams were assemblies of Tamil scholars and poets that‚ according to traditional Tamil accounts‚ occurred in the remote past. Some scholars believe that these assemblies were originally known as kooṭal or gathering.[1][2][3] Three assemblies are described. The legend has it that the first two of which were held in cities since "taken by the sea"‚ and the third of which was held during the 5th century
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