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Sri Lanka’s Sinhala and Tamil New Year: Oil Baths, Kola Kanda, and Threshold Games
斯里兰卡僧伽罗与泰米尔新年：油浴、科拉康达粥与门槛游戏
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Families wake before sunrise to take a warm oil bath scented with jasmine and sandalwood.
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Mothers stir kola kanda, a healing porridge made with herbs, rice, and coconut milk.
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Children clean doorsteps carefully and draw colorful kolam designs with rice flour and chalk.
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At the exact new year moment, everyone lights oil lamps and shares sweets like kokis and achcharu.
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Relatives play threshold games—passing through doors only when asked three questions in rhyme.
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Grandfathers tie protective yellow strings around wrists while whispering blessings in Sinhala or Tamil.
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Neighbors exchange plates of kiribath and jaggery cakes with warm handshakes and 'Subha Aluth Avurudda'.
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Young men carry decorated trays of betel leaves and areca nuts to elders’ homes as signs of respect.
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Schools reopen after two weeks, and students wear new clothes stitched by local tailors.
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Even shopkeepers close early to join family meals where every dish has symbolic meaning.