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SLANY Ruby X'Mas Gala
Date - Saturday, December 3, 2011
Time - 7.00 PM ~ 12 Midnight
Venue - World's Fair Marina Banquet Hall
1 World's Fair Marina, Flushing NY 11368
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Denville's 35th annual Sri Lanka Day fetes South Asian nation
(Daily Record, August 8, 2010)
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(Photos by Eye Glamour - Photography)
DENVILLE — The township held its 35th annual Sri Lanka Day on Saturday amid perfect summer weather and a celebratory atmosphere at Gardner Field.
The event, as in past years, drew both local residents and immigrants from the South Asian nation living throughout the region.
Officials in attendance included Rep. Rodney Frelinghuysen, R-N.J., and Morris County Freeholder Director Gene Feyl of Denville.
Mayor Ted Hussa, in what has become an annual tradition, participated in a game of cricket — Sri Lanka's most popular sport.
Dr. Palitha T.B. Kohona, permanent representative of Sri Lanka to the United Nations, said he was pleased to be taking part in the celebration.
"It gives an opportunity for the Sri Lankan community to interact with the American community — and gives the Sri Lankans themselves an opportunity to meet each other," Kohona said.
Denville has a longstanding connection with Sri Lanka, which is located on an island roughly the size of West Virginia in the Indian Ocean. Following the 2004 tsunami, the town took part in a task force that raised money for victims.
Jay Liyanage, a Denville resident involved with the annual celebration since the first year in 1975, was in attendance Saturday. Liyanage — an honorary consul of Sri Lanka who spends about six months every year in his native country — said he was encouraged by a surge in tourism since the end of a long-running civil war last year.
Food has always been a draw at Sri Lanka Day, and that continued to be the case on Saturday. Offerings included chicken and goat biryani, fish rolls and fried capsicum.
Rob Jennings: 973-428-6667; robjennings@gannett.com
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