Sri Lanka’s adventure tourism is on the fast track with more and more tourists seeking to explore its diversity, while experiencing the thrill of kayaking, boating, running, mountain biking and swimming. To service the needs of the adventure tourists, Borderlands/ EDGE, Sri Lanka’s first adventure goods store was launched recently and offers life jackets, real paddles and other essential tools to make an adventure holiday complete on an island which boasts of pristine natural areas, hills, streams and rivers, surrounded by the Indian ocean.
Thursday, August 28, 2008
Adventure Tourism High up on visitor Agenda……
Sri Lanka’s adventure tourism is on the fast track with more and more tourists seeking to explore its diversity, while experiencing the thrill of kayaking, boating, running, mountain biking and swimming. To service the needs of the adventure tourists, Borderlands/ EDGE, Sri Lanka’s first adventure goods store was launched recently and offers life jackets, real paddles and other essential tools to make an adventure holiday complete on an island which boasts of pristine natural areas, hills, streams and rivers, surrounded by the Indian ocean.
Wednesday, August 27, 2008
11th Inter island Tourism Policy forum (ITOP) at Taj Exotica, Bentota..
The ITOP forum 2007 themed ‘Maritime Tourism – Development and Marketing’ drew delegates from Hainan, Jeju, Okinawa, Zanzibar and Bali to the exotic coastal town of Bentota, in the south of Sri Lanka. The meetings were held from 5th to 7th November, with participants deliberating on enhancing cooperation and interaction, with emphasis on fostering and developing maritime tourism.The Southern Provincial Council, in association with the Ministry of Tourism and the Southern Provincial Tourism Bureau, were hosts to this forum which first met in Jeju, Korea in July 1997. The Sri Lanka Conventions Bureau, assisted in the organisation of the event.
Nallur Festival Celebrated in the North
Soldiers on duty in the North offered a thousand lotuses to the historic Mavittapuram Kanthsawamy Kovil . This 7th century shrine is in the high security zone in the Jaffna peninsula in close proximity to Palaly Army and Airbase and the Kankesanthurai Naval harbour. The chariot festival was held with the participation of over 5000 devotees who came from various parts of the peninsula to pay homage at the shrine.
Madhu Church
The annual feast of Madhu was celebrated by the Mannar diocese with Bishop Rayappu Joseph officiating with the participation of the Bishops of Anuradhapura ( North Central province) and Galle (Southern province) in attendance. Over one hundred priests and nuns, and around 25, 000 families of pilgrims from all parts of the country congregated in one place in a celebration of unity of peoples of varying ethnicities, united in one faith.
Saturday, August 16, 2008
Ayurveda is not only a form of medication it is a total way of life know to generations of Sri Lankans for over 3000 years. It is a gentle method of treating the root causes of illness in both mind and body.
The health conscious today are searching for effective alternatives to the spiraling costs and side effects that at times result from the use of modern medicine.
From time immemorial Sri Lanka has gained recognition for its user friendly, traditional medicine; Ayurveda which over 75% of the island's population depend on because of its reliance on natural plants, herbs and oils. Natures way to good health, the efficacy of Ayurveda has been proved by 3,000 years of successful caring and curing
What is Ayurveda? It is an ancient system of medicine developed in our part of the world, long before the father of medicine, Hippocrates, was even born. The name comes from two conjoined Sanskrit words 'Ayuh' (life) and 'Veda'(science or knowledge). Basically a science of healthy living, Ayurveda has two aims to preserve health and to cure a body afflicted by disease.
One of the fundamental beliefs of Ayurveda is the doctrine of 'Tri Dosha' or the Three Vital Forces 'Vayu, Pita and Kapha'. Generally translated into Wind, Bile and Phlegm, a more accurate interpretation of Vayu is the transmission of energy within the body; in modern medical terms, nerve impulses, muscle contraction and hormonal activity. 'Pita' may not be confined to bile but signifies the whole scope of metabolism and internal heat production while 'Kapha' means mucus, often described as 'The Protective Fluid'. The modern concept of mucus as an antibody containing liquid which coats and protects internal linings of the body, seems to fit in with Ayurvedic thinking.
When the three, 'Doshas' are balanced, the body is in good health. When this equilibrium is disturbed and the balance of these complementary forces become unbalanced and upset, then illness results.
The health conscious today are searching for effective alternatives to the spiraling costs and side effects that at times result from the use of modern medicine.
From time immemorial Sri Lanka has gained recognition for its user friendly, traditional medicine; Ayurveda which over 75% of the island's population depend on because of its reliance on natural plants, herbs and oils. Natures way to good health, the efficacy of Ayurveda has been proved by 3,000 years of successful caring and curing
What is Ayurveda? It is an ancient system of medicine developed in our part of the world, long before the father of medicine, Hippocrates, was even born. The name comes from two conjoined Sanskrit words 'Ayuh' (life) and 'Veda'(science or knowledge). Basically a science of healthy living, Ayurveda has two aims to preserve health and to cure a body afflicted by disease.
One of the fundamental beliefs of Ayurveda is the doctrine of 'Tri Dosha' or the Three Vital Forces 'Vayu, Pita and Kapha'. Generally translated into Wind, Bile and Phlegm, a more accurate interpretation of Vayu is the transmission of energy within the body; in modern medical terms, nerve impulses, muscle contraction and hormonal activity. 'Pita' may not be confined to bile but signifies the whole scope of metabolism and internal heat production while 'Kapha' means mucus, often described as 'The Protective Fluid'. The modern concept of mucus as an antibody containing liquid which coats and protects internal linings of the body, seems to fit in with Ayurvedic thinking.
When the three, 'Doshas' are balanced, the body is in good health. When this equilibrium is disturbed and the balance of these complementary forces become unbalanced and upset, then illness results.
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