Tracing the roots of Baila while cruising on the Beira
On the Cinnamon Lakeside’s “8° on the lake” floating restaurant on the Beira Lake was an unusual and creative event organised by the Sunday Times Business Club. As guests and members enjoyed the cruise occasionally scanning the sights and lights of D.R. Wijewardena Mawatha, particularly entertainment venues, as they listened to an academic discourse on this important Sri Lankan music spiced and flavoured with dance, song and comedy.
Then there was a somewhat intellectual turn of events when Dr. Shihan De Silva Jayasuriya, made a keynote presentation with an academic account on the origins and transformation of that ancient, yet dynamic, vibrant, spontaneous and ever present rhythmic movement of all time in Sri Lanka – the Baila.
“I learnt a lot about Baila. The audience was very good and the Business Club has done an excellent job in putting this together. The presentation by Dr. Shihan de Silva Jayasuriya was very good and informative. We need to take this initiative forward.” – Dileep Mudadeniya, Vice President Brand Marketing, John Keells Hotels.
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From the Horn of Africa and Swahili Coast: Tuesday 22 March 2016 from 5.30 pm
Music Unheard
