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Beliefs and Rituals of the Sinhalese Associated with Rain and Drought

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dc.contributor.author Kularathna, S.B.A.K.
dc.date.accessioned 2017-01-20T08:59:14Z
dc.date.available 2017-01-20T08:59:14Z
dc.date.issued 2016
dc.identifier.citation Kularathna, S.B.A.K. 2016. Beliefs and Rituals of the Sinhalese Associated with Rain and Drought. In proceedings of the 17th Conference on Postgraduate Research, International Postgraduate Research Conference 2016, Faculty of Graduate Studies, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka. p 81. en_US
dc.identifier.uri http://repository.kln.ac.lk/handle/123456789/15982
dc.description.abstract It is a well-known fact that ever since the founding of the Sinhalese civilization, whose members to this day form the bulk of the island population, the main occupation of survival has been agriculture. Buddhism, the religion of plurality, was ushered into the island in 3rd century B.C. and has endured as the faith of the people shepherding their corporeal and incorporeal being and has additionally contributed remarkably towards the unique culture known as the Sinhala Buddhist culture. After the introduction of Buddhism the agrarian life of the island gained new life. People’s beliefs about nature are an amalgamation of the primitive cults and the newly introduced denomination. Based on the theme of Sinhalese Buddhist beliefs about rain and drought, this study attempts to analyze the data from the historical chronicles as well as folklore to gain insights into the gradual evolution of the belief system. en_US
dc.language.iso en en_US
dc.publisher Faculty of Graduate Studies, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka en_US
dc.subject Beliefs and Rituals en_US
dc.subject Chronicles en_US
dc.subject folklore en_US
dc.subject Agrarian culture en_US
dc.title Beliefs and Rituals of the Sinhalese Associated with Rain and Drought en_US
dc.type Article en_US


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