Ethnic identity

Community Food Clothes Cultural features and Others

festivals
Sinhalese • Rice • Kandyan • Sinhala New 1. Most of the
74% and saree Year Sinhalese are
Sinhala curry • Half • Worship elders Buddhists.
Language • Milk saree by offering 2. People
rice • Jacket betel leaves. observe sil on
• Coconut and • Believes in poya days.
sambol cloth auspicious 3. Main
• Onion • National times. religious
sambol dress • Folk games, festivals are
songs and Vesak, Poson,
dance Esala

Tamils • Paratha • Saree • Deepavali • Most of them

12.6% • Vadei • Vetti • Thai Pongal are
Tamil • Idli full- • Maha Siva vegetarians
language • Dosai length Ratri and follow
blouse Hinduism.
and • Worship
shawl Gods like
• Salwar Brahma and
kameez Siva.

Muslims Biriyani Salwar Ramazan Have a fasting

7% Watalappan Sarong Hadji period before
Tamil Boondi Taqiyah (cap) Prophet Ramzan.
language Hijab Mohammad’s Only men visit the
Islam Abhaya birthday mosque every
Friday.
Decorate their
hands by using
marathondi.
Burghers Love Cake Shirt and Christmas Baila music
0.2% Breudher trousers, Good Friday Lace making
English Lamprais shorts Easter Sunday
Language Coat and tie Church feast
Christians Shoes and
socks
Frocks, skirts
Veddas Yams In the past Worship dead Hunting
0.2% Honey Animal skins or ancestors. Used harpoons and
Vedda Fish and meat a loin cloth. Kiri korahe dance. toxic plants for
language Fruits and Now, fishing.
nuts Sarong
Jacket and
cloth