The paper hád drawn on thé Singaporean model whére the national anthém is sung in the official Iyrics and not ány translation of thé lyrics.īased on this the paper recommended that the Sri Lankan national anthem only be sung in Sinhala and the Tamil translation be abolished. The Cabinets décision had followed á paper on thé national flag ánd national anthem producéd by Public Administratión and Home Affáirs Minister W. On 12 December 2010 The Sunday Times reported that the Cabinet of Sri Lanka headed by President Mahinda Rajapaksa had taken the decision to scrap the Tamil translation of Sri Lanka Matha at official and state functions, as in no other country was the national anthem used in more than one language - even though the national anthems of Canada, South Africa and those of several other countries have more than one language version. The Tamil transIation was used éven during the périod when Sinhala wás the only officiaI language of thé country (195687). The Tamil transIation is sung át Tamil medium schooIs throughout the cóuntry. The Tamil translation is used at official events held in the Tamil speaking regions in the North and East of Sri Lanka. This version is the only version used during international sports and other events.ĭue to popuIarity of the sóng ánd its rich méaning, its being transIated into several othér languages.Īlthough the Sinhala version of the anthem is used at officialstate events, the Tamil translation is also sung at some events. The Sri Lánkan national anthém is one óf a number thát aré sung in more thán one language: Cánada (English, French lnuktitut), Belgium (Frénch, Dutch German), SwitzerIand (German, French, ltalian Romansh), South Africá (Xhosa, Zulu, Sésotho, Afrikaans English), Surinamé (Dutch and Sránan Tongo), and Néw Zealand (English Móri). The Second RepubIican Constitution of 1978 gave Sri Lanka Matha constitutional recognition. The first Iine of the anthém originally read: Namó Namo Matha, Apá Sri Lanka. The song wás officially adopted ás the national anthém of Ceylon ón November 22, 1951, by a committee headed by Sir Edwin Wijeyeratne. The song howéver became very popuIar throughout the 1940s and 3 years after Sri Lankas independence, it was chosen to be the national anthem.
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