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Hence, a very small proportion of the farmland is solely devoted to livestock production. In Sri Lanka, livestock sector contributes around 1.2% of the national GDP. Livestock is spread throughout all regions of Sri Lanka with concentrations of certain farming systems in particular areas due to cultural, market and agro-climatic reasons.
Cattle slaughter, especially cow slaughter is a controversial topic in Sri Lanka just like neighbouring India, because of the cattle's traditional status as an endeared and respected living being to some sects of Dharmic religions like Hinduism and Buddhism, while being considered an acceptable source of meat by Muslims as well as Christians, and rarely by some Hindus and Buddhists. [1]
Nimal Mendis is a Sri Lankan singer/songwriters who has won many awards for his music. Mendis recorded 22 songs, eight of them for the Decca Records label in London. He has written songs now regarded as classics in South Asia—including ' Master Sir' about Colonial Ceylon.
The Buddhists of Sri Lanka have campaigned for laws to protect the cow with a "halal abolitionist movement" and "anti-cow slaughter movement". The Sri Lankan Buddhists believe that the halal form of ritual killing of cattle by Muslims, where the animal's throat is cut and it bleeds to death, and slaughter in general, is against the Buddhist ...
Mendis recorded a number of songs in London, mostly of a spiritual nature. He also made a twenty-minute audio documentary on the Way of the Cross called The Passion Report; another audio documentary called Ferryman focused on the tea estate-worker and the farmer in Sri Lanka, tracing their history from the British colonial period.
He had the chance of working closely with Hariharan with his projects, "Jathika Govi Geethaya" written by Wasantha Dukgannarala and sung by many senior Sri Lankan artists such as Bathiya and Santhush, Iraj Weeraratne, Nirosha Virajini, Athula Adhikari, Rohana Baddage, Wasantha Dukgannarala and Gayantha with Sachith.
Priyani Jayasinghe (Sinhala: ප්රියානි ජයසිංහ; 10 June 1967 – 8 July 2018) was a Sri Lankan singer and composer. [1] One of the most popular artists in Sri Lanka, [2] Jayasinghe has sung several popular songs of the Sinhala music industry including: Kandula Niwannam, Sundara Hadakata Dee and Aluth Sanda Awith.
In 1998, Charitha made the melody for the song Dalmalamu Api Eka Iti Pahanak composed by Pushpa Ramlani and sung by more than 100 popular female singers in Sri Lanka. The song was composed for International Women's Day. She received the Commendation Award of the Year from the Faculty of Law, University of Colombo for the song. [8]