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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

Families wake before sunrise to take a warm oil bath scented with jasmine and sandalwood.
Mothers stir kola kanda, a healing porridge made with herbs, rice, and coconut milk.
Children clean doorsteps carefully and draw colorful kolam designs with rice flour and chalk.
At the exact new year moment, everyone lights oil lamps and shares sweets like kokis and achcharu.
Relatives play threshold games—passing through doors only when asked three questions in rhyme.
Grandfathers tie protective yellow strings around wrists while whispering blessings in Sinhala or Tamil.
Neighbors exchange plates of kiribath and jaggery cakes with warm handshakes and 'Subha Aluth Avurudda'.
Young men carry decorated trays of betel leaves and areca nuts to elders’ homes as signs of respect.
Schools reopen after two weeks, and students wear new clothes stitched by local tailors.
Even shopkeepers close early to join family meals where every dish has symbolic meaning.