Portuguese ballads, still sung in Batticaloa, and kaffrinhas (Afro-Portuguese songs) have influenced contemporary popular music and song in Sri Lanka – baila ... traits in South Asia illustrate that ...

“The Catholic Church is a very powerful element of the cultural, religious, and political establishment of Sri Lanka, going back to the time of Portuguese colonial rule,” he said. And ...

It was Portuguese colonialism that opened ... not considered to be contradictions, Catholicism in Sri Lanka still struggles with its colonial past. At the same time, Catholicism has a strong ...

Sri Lanka's government has decided to ... The island's British colonial name, derived from an earlier Portuguese one, was dropped in 1972 when the country became a republic and Queen Elizabeth ...

Ceylon, as the island of Sri Lanka was known under Portuguese rule ... the Dutch deepened and expanded their colonial rule of the island. When England took over Dutch colonies during the ...

In Sri Lanka, it is used to describe ... Other conferences he has organized include ‘Goa: A post-colonial society between cultures’ (2013), ‘Portuguese World Music’ (2007), ‘Poetry ...

MANILA, Philippines — Hundreds of priceless, cultural artifacts looted during the Dutch colonization of Indonesia and Sri Lanka are finally ... Even though the Portuguese were the first ...

The Ceylon Tea label is thought unlikely to change as the industry believes it's a brand of quality Sri ... The island's British colonial name, derived from an earlier Portuguese one, was dropped ...

It was Portuguese colonialism that opened ... not considered to be contradictions, Catholicism in Sri Lanka still struggles with its colonial past. There is also an internationally known healing ...