Did you know that sigiriya has been dedared a world heritage and the 8th won der of the world? But for prof. senarath paranavithana born over 100 years ago in a little known village called maetaramba in the galle district we would not have still discoverid the importance of sigiriya fully. frof senarath paranavithane escaped belonging to the monoli ngual excl usive class and became a true bilingual because he got a solid foundation in the oriental languages. this in culcated in hima love for the county an interest in its historiy and adiscipline which stood him in good stead when he embarked upon his career as Archaelogikal commissioner. paranavithane was a slighly built man short in stature. There is a story that was current in the university of peradeniya when he was professor of Archaealongy. It seems one day he was walking the corridors of the universit carrying the two massive volumes of sigiriya graffiti it vas observed that this frail man so a by stander had offered to carry them for him. No no he is supposed to have quippedif I can write them Ican carry them. This anecdote points to a significant aspect of the man his sense of dedi cation to work he culd do himself. If it was not for senarath paranavithane our country would be less known lesslvi sited less cared for and hardly valued.
Archive for February, 2008
A pencil speaks
Now I belong to a small girl. She looks after me quite well. It is a pity that I have to be in a box. my other compeni is a box. It seems to be very nice. each day I grow shorter and shorter. I was bors
The clock
THe colock has two hands. One is long and the other is short. twelve numbers are seton the face of the clock we can read the time by these numbers. the hands of the clock move round and round. they move with the time we find the time with the help of the numbers and hands of the clock. the wall clock strikos time. Even if we do not see it we can know the time it str ikes one at one o clock and two at two clock and so on. The clock is very helpful in our daily llfe. we hove to do our work in time. so the clock helps us to spend the day in a useful way.
Fields
The farmer grows pabby in the fields. our main food is riee. We get our rice from the paddy plant. The farmer is a very important man because he grows pabby for all. first he loosens the soil of the field with the help of buffaloes. then he prepares the fields by malcinh it muddy grows well in a muddy field. The farmer adds manure to the field. the paddy is ripe aftey three to four months. The farmer is riry happy then. He invites his frieads to help him. They get toge ther and harrest the field. After harve sting the farmer brimer paddy home.
Paper boats
have you even made paper boats? I am sare you have played with a paper bost. My mother used to make paper boats for me when I was small child. I loved to bathe and play then. I had a babit of making boats and setting then in a flowing drain for them to sali dowhward. It made me very happy to see them floa ting. I thought they would gofar away. My mother said that they may go to travel to other countries in a large boat. Now I ch more quicker and safer than a boat.
The sinhala new year
The sinhala new year is the most enjoyable festival far all sinhala buddhists. They celebrate this festival on the 14th of aprll every year. The farmere harvest their fields and store grain for the coming celebrations. We whitewach our houses and polish the floors. We begin to prepare oil-cakes and sweetmeats. on this day people spend the ti me visiting the temples. they put on new clothes. the children light fire-crackers. the new year day is spendt joy fully by all and we hope the next new year will still be a happier one.
The postman
The postman has a very responsible job to do. He brings letters and small parcels to our door. A letters froma relativeor a friend is very important to us. An official letter is even more important because very oftenit contains a special massage. It the postman is not careful enough he may lose a letter. but our postman are very tuty cons cious and they do ther duty quite well. they come to aur door and deliver the mall. The services of the postmen is very essential.
c.w.w kannangara
Dr: C.W.W kannangara dedieated service to the people of this county is seen is the reforms thathe brought about in education asthe minister of edusation his greatest contribution was the introduction of free edu cation to all in our country the estblishment of central schools wasagreatachi evement in providing high qwality education free to the talented chil dren of the masses dir; kanoangara said isay it s the pearl of gregt price sell all that you have and buy it for the whole countrywe shall be able to say that e found education the patrimpny of the rich and left it the lnheritance of the poor refe ring to the cultaral heri tage of the past hesid the education that preva lied in this country for abo ut 2ooo years was abso lutely free his reforms provide education free from the kinderga rten to the univer sity in the ancient tradition of a liberal e ducation he was deeply committed to the cause of serving the coun try and its people.
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