23
Frid
ay 5th
Ma
rch,2010
Frid
ay 5th
Ma
rch,2010
by R
och
elle
Pa
lipa
ne
Gu
na
ratn
e
March
in S
ri Lan
ka is w
hen
the papare
bands,brigh
tly hu
ed flags and th
e un
cen-
sored school -cricket jokes com
e out of
hibern
ation.B
ig match
fever reaches every part of
the cou
ntry irrespective of
caste or creed.Man
yold boys residin
g overseas cann
ot resist the u
rge tobe w
here th
e action is.T
he daw
n of
the respective
match
es draw crow
ds from to an
d fro… its yells,
roars,cat calls and w
histles often
drives boys tobeh
ave as men
and viz-a-viz.
Th
e teams are rarin
g to go and give th
eir bestsh
ot at win
nin
g or drawin
g the gam
e.Losin
g is not
even on
the cards.
Th
e pioneers of
the ‘B
ig match
,”R
oyal & S
TC
paved the w
ay for man
y battles and in
one case a
lovers quarrel .T
he w
eaponry in
cludes bat an
dball.H
itherto u
nh
eard ofch
anges h
ave reached
dizzying levels w
ith th
e dawn
ofF
acebook an
doth
er social utility sigh
ts mak
ing th
e battle a virtu-
al possibility.C
ertain tradition
s have been
relegated to mem
-ory;A
certain radio sh
ow h
ost comm
ented on
the
dearth of
the ‘T
RU
CK
S!’T
ruck
loads ofsch
ool boysw
ould literally w
alk or ju
mp in
to girls schools for
hat collection
s and w
hat th
e mon
ey was u
tilised for
..well,m
y guess is as good as you
rs.A
few years back
,the tru
ck posed a secu
rityth
reat and it w
as bann
ed.Sacrifices w
ere made an
dtradition
ruled above safety.
In th
e past,boys wou
ld be brandish
ing th
eir
flags from cars,sch
ool buses an
d vans bu
t it is fastbecom
ing a rare sigh
t.Th
e excuse seem
s to be the
blazing h
eat wh
ich preven
ts folks from
openin
gth
eir vehicle sh
utters,optin
g for the com
fort ofth
eA
C ! U
nderstan
dable,excusable …
.Sad n
everthe-
less ! A
t the tim
e ofprin
t,the battle of
the N
orth –
between
St.Joh
n’s C
ollege and C
entral C
ollege was
held an
d so was th
e Th
urstan
vs.Isipatana m
atch.
Th
ereafter,Th
e Battle of
the M
aroons – A
nan
davs.N
alanda.
Battle of
the S
aints – S
t.Joseph’s C
ollege vs.St.
Peter’s C
ollegeT
he h
ill capital have th
eir own
battles B
attle ofth
e Blu
es between
Trin
ity College an
dS
t.An
thon
y’s College.
Battle of
the M
aroons – K
ingsw
ood vs.D
harm
araja.B
attle ofth
e Blu
es – St.T
hom
as’College,
Matara vs.S
t.Servatiu
s ‘ College ,M
atara.R
ichm
ond C
ollege Galle vs.M
ahin
da College is
the on
ly match
referred to as a ‘Lover’s Q
uarrel!’
Fou
ght w
ith bat an
d ball these battles or qu
ar-rels h
ave become an
integral part of
our tradition
-al even
ts un
iting gen
erations in
celebration.A
period wh
en th
e youn
g make m
emories w
hilst th
eold relive days gon
e by.A tim
e for nostalgia an
dadren
alin pu
mpin
g excitemen
t.Let th
e battlesbegin
!!!
Th
e S
mell
The sm
ell of flo
wers: jasm
ine o
r rose
Brin
gs sen
se satisfying o
ur n
ose,
The p
etals do sh
rink an
d th
en fall
Show
ing reality to
big
and sm
all.
Flow
ers blo
om
show
ing th
eir beau
tyAnd h
elp m
an fo
r man
y a duty,
Eith
er in a d
esert or fertile so
ilW
ith th
eir scent, th
e air, they d
o fill.
The sm
ell of th
e good m
an can
gen
erateEven
thro
ugh th
e rocks it can
pen
etrate U
pon b
arren o
r fertile land it can
dw
ellAnd b
eyond h
orizo
ns it can
easily travel.
Yet.. the sm
ell of th
e good is very rare,
As seed
of evils is so
wn everyw
here,
Flow
er and m
an - n
ature’s creatio
nW
hy th
en m
an fo
rgets th
is relation !
A. Ja
yala
th B
asn
ag
od
a
My L
ove
My love sails o
n b
lue w
aters.Blu
e waters o
f your h
eart.M
y love dan
ces on th
e win
d.
The w
ind o
f your so
ul.
My love is a tru
e reflection.
Reflectio
n o
f your eyes.
My love w
ill live forever.
In yo
ur b
ody an
d so
ul.
LC
To
geth
er
My love ab
ounds th
rough th
e distan
t starsW
ith yo
u b
y my sid
e we w
ill soar
Touch
ing n
ew w
orld
s of w
onder
Endlessly exp
lorin
gFo
rever loving
Hearts in
tertwin
edSharin
g fate
True love
LivesP
riya
Angelo
s Sikelian
os w
as aG
reek poet b
orn
in 2
8M
arch, 1
884 in
Lefkada,
or Leu
cas, a Greek islan
d in
the Io
nian
Sea o
n th
e west
coast o
f Greece. H
e spen
t his
child
hood h
ere as well. In
1900 h
e entered
the Law
Sch
ool o
f Ath
ens , b
ut d
id n
ot
grad
uate. T
he n
ext years he
travelled exten
sively and
devo
ted h
imself to
poetry.
In 1
907, h
e married
Am
erican b
orn
Eva Palm
er,w
ho w
as at the tim
e anarch
aeolo
gy stu
den
t in Paris.
They m
arried in
Am
erica an
dm
oved to
Ath
ens in
1908.
Durin
g th
at perio
d,
Sikelian
os cam
e in co
ntact w
ithG
reek intellectu
als, and in
1909 h
e publish
ed h
is first col-
lection o
f poem
s, Alafro
ískïoto
s(T
he Lig
ht-S
had
ow
ed), w
hich
had
an im
med
iate impact an
dw
as recognized
by critics as an
importan
t poetic w
ork. H
e alsobefrien
ded
fellow
writer N
ikos
Kazan
tzakis and in
1914 th
eysp
ent fo
rty days o
n M
ount
Ath
osM
ount visitin
g m
ost o
fth
e monasteries th
ere and liv-
ing th
e life of ascetics. T
he fo
l-lo
win
g year th
ey embarked
on
a pilg
rimag
e thro
ugh G
reece.
In M
ay 1927, w
ith th
e sup-
port o
f his w
ife, Sikelian
os h
eldth
e ‘Delp
hic Festival,’ as p
art of
his g
eneral effo
rt tow
ards th
erevival o
f the “D
elphic Id
ea”.Sikelian
os b
elieved th
at the
prin
ciples w
hich
had
shap
edth
e classic Ancien
t Greek civili-
sation, if reexam
ined
, could
offer sp
iritual in
dep
enden
cean
d serve as a m
eans o
f com
-m
unicatio
n am
ong p
eople.
The even
t consisted
of
Olym
pic G
ames, a
concert o
f Byzan
tine
music, an
exhib
ition
of fo
lk art as well as
a perfo
rman
ce of
Prom
etheu
s Bound
It becam
e verysu
ccessful an
ddesp
ite lack of state
assistance, it w
asrep
eated th
e follo
w-
ing year. T
he revival
was th
en p
erma-
nen
tly aban
doned
due to
the excessive
costs o
f org
anizin
git. In
honour o
f the
mem
ory o
f Angelo
s
and E
va Sikelian
os, th
eEuro
pean
Cultu
ral Cen
tre of
Delp
hi b
ought an
d resto
redth
eir house in
Delp
hi, w
hich
isto
day th
e Museu
m o
f Delp
hic
Festivals.Eva Palm
er left for th
eU
nited
States, an
d S
ikelianos
married
Anna K
araman
i.D
urin
g th
e Germ
an o
ccu-
patio
n, h
e becam
e a source o
fin
spiratio
n to
the G
reek peo
-ple, esp
ecially thro
ugh h
issp
eech an
d th
e poem
that h
erecited
at the fu
neral o
f the
poet K
ostis Palam
as to
save
the lives o
f Greek
Jews b
y appealin
gdirectly to
the
Germ
ans. T
he let-
ter was sig
ned
by
man
y pro
min
ent
Greek citizen
s indefen
se of th
eJew
s who w
erebein
g p
ersecuted
.There is n
o sim
ilardocu
men
t of
pro
test again
st the
Nazis d
urin
g W
orld
War II th
at has
com
e to lig
ht in
any o
ther
Euro
pean
country.
In 1
949, h
ew
as a Nobel
Laureate fo
rLiteratu
re. He d
iedaccid
entally an
dtrag
ically in A
then
sin
June, 1
951.
PPooeett pprrooffiillee
Co
mp
iled
by D
ilan
thi Ja
yam
an
ne
AngelosSikelianos
SeekersSoul
Tren
ds chan
ge from season
to
season, resu
lting in
us ren
o-
vating ou
r wardrobes on
a reg-
ular basis. T
hou
gh w
e enjoy th
e
thrill of
new
clothes, ou
r wallets cer-
tainly don
’t. Lu
ckily, basic pieces
like a nicely fitted blazer an
d a black
skirt w
on’t go ou
t ofstyle so th
ey
are essential for every closet. B
asic
pieces give you th
e opportun
ity to
then
add personality w
ith acces-
sories and low
er-cost items.
Incorporatin
g trends in
to your basic
pieces will n
ot only save you
mon
ey
but you
’ll always be in
style.
Here a
re th
ree w
ay
s o
n
ho
w to
use
five b
asic
pie
ces:
1. A fitted blazer
2. A w
hite dress sh
irt
3. Dark
denim
jeans
4. A little black
dress
5. A black
skirt
Work
-
Frie
ndly
: D
ressing u
p
for work
doesn’t
have to be bor-
ing. T
op a styl-
ish pen
cil skirt
with
a crisp
wh
ite button
-
front sh
irt. Tu
ck
a colourfu
l silk
scarfu
nder th
e
collar to get into
the prep look
.
Take a fu
n sk
irt
from casu
al to
professional by
adding a fitted blaz-
er.
Durin
g th
e D
ay:
Take advan
tage of
the fact th
at jeans go
with
everythin
g and
pair them
with
a new
,
trendy top an
d
some crazy sh
oes. Wear
a wh
ite dress shirt
un
der a kn
itted vest
or layer it with
a
brightly colou
red
cami an
d some fu
n
neck
laces.
Even
ing
Apparel:
Wear a spark
ly,
fun
ky top w
ith a basic jacket an
d
jeans for a tren
dy but ch
ic look. O
r
try a neu
tral blazer over a form fit-
ting little black
dress to not on
ly
keep you w
arm bu
t also lookin
g put
together.
by D
ilan
thi J
aya
ma
nn
e
Th
e movie did n
ot godow
n th
at well in
India
wh
en it w
as released in2006 despite it bein
g a Sh
ahR
uk
h K
han
film.It w
as prob-ably du
e to the con
troversialth
eme of
an extra m
aritalaffair payin
g off.Th
e film is
‘Kabh
i Alvida N
aa Keh
na
(Never S
ay Good B
ye).D
irected by Karan
Johar
and produ
ced by Dh
arma
Produ
ctions w
ith A
mitabh
Bach
chan
,Sh
ahru
kh
Kh
an,R
ani
Mu
kerji,Preity Z
inta,A
bhish
ekB
achch
an an
d Kirron
Kh
er starring in
it.D
ev happen
s to meet M
ayarigh
t before her w
edding
to Rish
ian
d despite being total stran
gersth
ere is a hidden
conn
ectionbetw
een th
e two (probably a
sansaara con
nection
) that fou
ryears later w
hen
they
meet a secon
d time its im
possibleto preven
t an affair betw
een th
etw
o.M
eanw
hile,D
ev has sign
ed acon
tract for US
dollar five million
to play professional foot-
ball.Bu
t,fate has it,h
e ish
it by a car and is dis-
abled for life.It ends h
is football careeran
d Rh
ea,his w
ife is left to fend for th
efam
ily.Dev is left an
embittered
man
with
no h
ope ofa brigh
ter futu
re.W
hen
Maya m
eets Dev a secon
dtim
e she fin
ds him
a bitter man
with
afailed career an
d failing m
arriage.M
aya’s life with
Rish
i seems to be n
obetter.R
ealising th
at the tw
o (Dev an
dM
aya) are similar situ
ations th
eydecide to assist each
other to repair
their failin
g marriages.T
hin
gs do not
work
quite as expected,h
owever,an
dth
ey become m
ore and m
ore drawn
toeach
other.A
t the sam
e time,R
ishi an
dR
hea are w
orkin
g to keep their m
ar-riages afloat.H
owever,th
eir efforts arein
significan
t in th
e face ofM
aya and
Dev’s in
tense u
nh
appiness in
their m
ar-riages an
d their grow
ing love for each
other.If
you h
ave not w
atched th
is movie
wh
ich h
as one of
the greatest collection
ofson
gs like its them
e song ‘K
abhi
Alvida N
aa Keh
na,’‘M
itwa,’
‘Wh
ere’sT
he P
arty Ton
ight,’an
d ‘Tu
mh
i Dek
ho
Naa,’after all th
ese years I am goin
g toleave you
to dig it out from
a DV
D store
and do so.It’s n
ot ‘Ku
ch K
uch
Hota
Hai,’or ‘K
al ho N
aa ho,’bein
g set insim
ilar surrou
ndin
gs and
a roman
tic drama bu
t itsstill tou
chin
g owin
g toth
e acting capabilities of
its star cast.
KANK
REELView
St.C
ecilia’s Ch
oir ofS
t.Joseph
’s College created h
is-tory w
hen
they tou
red the
Holy L
and recen
tly on a pilgrim
-age an
d singin
g assignm
ent.
Th
eJoseph
ian ch
oral ensem
ble com-
prising boys betw
een th
e ages of12 to 18 san
g at Eu
charistic
Services an
d other litu
rgical exer-cises captu
ring th
e hearts of
hu
n-
dreds ofpilgrim
s in B
ethleh
em,
Nazareth
,Can
a,Mou
nt of
Beatitu
des in Jeru
salem.
Th
e boy Sopran
os,Altos blen
d-in
g exquisitely w
ith th
e matu
reT
enor an
d Bass voices of
senior
singers m
oved man
y to tears asth
ey sang before large crow
ds offaith
ful from
Eu
ropean an
dA
merican
coun
tries inC
hristian
ity’s most ch
erished
shrin
es.T
he ch
oir sang at M
asses
in C
ana,G
arden of
Geth
saman
e and on
Mou
nt C
alvary wh
ile also re-tracing th
epath
taken by Jesu
s with
appropriatech
ants,h
ymn
s,canticles an
d anth
ems.
As th
e choristers en
tered the Israeli
soil from th
e North
ern boarder from
Jordan to begin
the pilgrim
age,they
were invited by th
e mem
bers ofth
eIsraeli boarder secu
rity officials to sing.
Ren
dering th
e ancien
t Hebrew
chan
tH
AS
HIV
EN
U in
rich h
armon
y they
earned an
enth
usiastic applau
se fromofficials at th
e boarder post.A
t the B
asilica ofth
e Cru
cifixion,
wh
ere they w
ere specially invited by the
priest in ch
arge to sing
before a large group of
pil-grim
s,the ch
oir appropriatelysan
g Han
dels’Hallelu
iah ch
o-ru
s mak
ing people of
diversen
ations applau
d and em
braceth
e singers as if
overtaken by
rapturou
s ecstasy.A
fter the boat ride across th
eS
ea ofG
alilee,the Joseph
ians
entertain
ed the visitors an
d staffat th
e Kibu
tz Hotel w
ith th
e lusty
rendition
ofItalian
boat sang
San
ta Lu
cia harm
oniou
sly,gainin
gall rou
nd applau
se.T
he h
ighligh
t ofth
e tour w
asth
e audien
ce the ch
oir had w
ith H
isB
eatitude M
ost Rev.
Arch
bishop D
r.F
ouad T
wal,th
e Patriach
ofJeru
salem in
the old city.
Th
ere they
presented a sh
ort concert at w
hich
the
mem
ber ofIsraeli P
arliamen
t fromN
azareth too w
as present.
Th
e choir
with
the ren
dition of
Sin
hala,E
nglish
and L
atin com
positions w
on great adm
i-ration
ofth
e Patriarch
wh
o han
dsomely
rewarded th
e youn
g singers w
ith a gen
-erou
s gift.F
or the Joseph
ians,th
e entire H
olyL
and tou
r enabled th
em to acqu
ireinvalu
able organization
al skills as w
ellas m
usical an
d spiritual gain
s wh
ichu
ndou
btedly will stan
d in great stead
for the you
ng stu
dents m
any years to
come.
by Ifh
am
Niza
m
Sri L
ank
a with
her rich
biodiversityis n
ot only fam
ous for in
land species
but m
arine species as w
ell.Needless
to say,Sri L
ank
a is the on
ly coun
tryw
here w
ithin
a short distan
ce one cou
ldw
itness both
giants on
earth,eleph
ant
and w
hale.B
e that as it is.ou
r topic forth
is week
is on dolph
ins.
Watch
ing dolph
ins is becom
ing on
e ofth
e hot favou
rites amon
g both locals an
dforeign
ers.T
his article w
ould focu
s on a few
details about th
e man
’s best marin
efrien
d.Needles to say,w
atchin
g Pin
kD
olphin
s in K
alpitiya is becomin
g a mu
st
amon
geveryon
e,and in
the recen
t pastm
any foreign
ers had com
e to Sri L
ank
ato w
atch th
ese beautifu
l anim
als.L
ong sn
outed spin
ner (S
tenella lon
-girostris) is probably th
e most abu
ndan
tof
Sri L
ank
a’s marin
e mam
mals,an
d isoften
seen from
the beach
es ofN
egombo
and K
irinda.T
hese species reach
about
two m
eters in len
gth,w
ith a lon
g snou
tan
d dark stripe from
the eye to th
e flip-pers.S
tripped dolphin
(Sten
ella coeruleoal-
ba) grows to 2.7 m
eters and h
as a promi-
nen
t stripe from th
e eye to the an
al area,separatin
g a bluish
grey cap from w
hite
un
der parts.T
he P
antropical spotted dolph
in(S
tenella atten
uata) is sligh
tly smaller,
with
wh
ite un
der parts and a dark
capeflecked w
ith w
hite.
Pin
k d
olp
hin
s o
fK
alp
itiya
Th
ese dolphin
s are seen regu
larlyw
here th
e extensive P
uttalam
lagoonen
ters the open
sea.Wildlife celebrity
and popu
lar natu
ralist,Geh
an de S
ilvaW
ijeyeratne w
ho is also th
e Jetwin
g Eco
Holidays C
hief
Execu
tive Officer,says
that P
ink
dolphin
s are correctly kn
own
as the In
do-Pacific H
um
pback D
olphin
.T
his is th
e only cetacean
–the scien
tificorder in
wh
ich w
hales an
d dolphin
s arecategorised- k
now
n to en
ter lagoons in
Sri L
ank
a,says Geh
an,w
ho is a frequ
ent
visitor to the area an
d involved in popu
-larisin
g dolphin
watch
ing.
How
ever,this dolph
in is a little stu
d-ied an
imal abou
t wh
ich very little w
ask
now
n u
ntil recen
tly and for th
e fisher-
men
ofK
alpitiya it is no stran
ger.A
ccording to G
ehan
,the dolph
ins are
not totally pin
k,bu
t they sh
ow en
ough
pink
.How
ever,at the level of
a species,th
e Indo-P
acific Hu
mpback
Dolph
in or
Sou
sa chin
ensis,can
become alm
ost total-ly pin
k as th
ey do in th
e water arou
nd
Hon
g Kon
g.T
he su
b species foun
d in S
ri Lan
kan
water is plu
mbea,a referen
ce to itsplu
mbeou
s or leaden or grey colou
r.M
arine m
amm
al watch
ing m
ust be
han
dle responsible w
ith th
e welfare of
the an
imals an
d client safety kept fore-
most.
Ifdolph
in w
atchin
g is done properly
with
out stress to th
e anim
als,then
marin
e mam
mal w
atchin
g can h
elp con-
serve these an
imals,G
ehan
believes.P
ix c
ou
rts
ey
:G
eh
an
de S
ilva
Wije
yera
tne
March
‘Madness’
Josephian choir createshistory in Holy Land
Mail your contribution
and poems to this sec-
tion to, <yuphoria.the-island@gm
ail.com>,
<[email protected] > or by post to,“Yuphoria”, “TheIsland”, UpaliNewspapers Ltd, 223,Bloem
andhal Road,Colom
bo-13.
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