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By Rob Jennings • August 10, 2008
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DENVILLE -- The township held its 33rd annual Sri Lanka Day on Saturday, an international
celebration drawing local residents and immigrants from the South Asian nation.
The baseball diamond at Gardner Field was transformed for a game of cricket, Sri Lanka's most
popular sport, and vadai doughnuts and other treats were displayed on a table.
Denville resident Jay Liyanage, named an honorary consul of Sri Lanka in 1990, was among those in
attendance. His efforts in the mid-1970s persuaded Denville to hold the annual commemoration. "We view this as our little way to reach out to the international community at large," said Mayor Ted
Hussa, who was joined by former mayor and county freeholder Gene Feyl and council members
Deborah Smith and Gerard LaMonte.
S. Palihakkara, one of Sri Lanka's newly appointed ambassadors to the United States and the United
Nations, was among those in attendance. "It's a forum for people to meet and of course to enjoy and promote more understanding," Palihakkara
said.
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