A Sinhala-language account of traditional Sinhala folk games — written entirely in Sinhala, with no English text, so it will suit readers who are comfortable in the language.
P.M. Senarathna writes about games that have been slipping away from Sinhala village life as society, culture and technology have changed. Four are treated here: olinda keliya, the seed-and-board game; pora pol keliya, the coconut contest; chakkudu and gudu; and an keliya, the horn-pulling game. The book sets out to bring these back into memory rather than to let them pass out of it.
The publisher presents it as a book for schoolchildren as much as for adult readers with an interest in Sinhala cultural tradition, and the writing is pitched accordingly.
Published by M. D. Gunasena & Co. (Pvt) Ltd, a long-established Colombo house publishing in Sinhala and English. A useful addition for readers of Sinhala tracing customs and pastimes that are no longer widely played.
- Author: P.M. Senarathna
- Publisher: M. D. Gunasena & Co. (Pvt) Ltd
- Language: Sinhala
- ISBN: 9789552126987
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