National New Year's rice festival to be held under President’s patronage
The National new year's rice festival will be held on Saturday (06) under the patronage of President Ranil Wickremesinghe near the Jaya Sri Mahabodhiya in Anuradhapura.
During the 57th National New Year's rice festival, the maiden harvest reaped during last year's Maha season will be offered to the Jaya Sri Maha Bodhi.
Farmers from around the island come to Anuradhapura to offer the harvest collected from every agricultural service center, to the Jaya Sri Maha Bodhi.
The purpose of the National New Year's rice festival is to obtain blessings for the reaping of harvest during the upcoming yala season, as well as hoping for timely rainfall throughout this year and prosperity.
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