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Item The Effect of the Tropical Storm of November 2011 on the Coastal Fishing Population of Weligama District Secretariat Division(University of Kelaniya, 2012) Ali, S.K.M.; Kumara, R.K.C.The tropical storm that hit the southern district of Matara on 25.11.2011 affected the coastal areas of these districts severely, particularly the fishing population. There was widespread feeling in the island that this disaster could have been averted and lives and property saved if early warning had been issued by the responsible Government departments of the impending meteorological disaster like in neighbouring Tamil Nadu, India. The Joint Typhoon Warning Centre predicted a medium chance of the storm forming into a tropical cyclone that would affect southern Sri Lanka on 24.11.2011. The main objective was to study the effect of the tropical storm on the fishing population of the most affected Grama Niladhari divisions of Weligama DSD (District Secretariat Division). Other objectives were to identify the other disasters that affected the area in the collective memory of the DSD, whether an early warning had been issued, the nature of self protection methods used by the affected population during the storm, nature of aid received by the affected people and the aftereffects of the storm on their immediate environment. The study area consisted of the five most affected Grama Niladhari divisions of the Weligama DSD. They are Pelena north and south, Kapparatota north and south and Mirissa south. The methodology used was a questionnaire survey of the affected fishing population. 104 questionnaires using random sampling techniques based on the list of affected families provided by the Grama Niladharis were used. Other supplementary methods used were interviews with Government department officials, and group discussions. Simple statistical methods such as percentages were used to analyze the data. Results indicate that there were 09 deaths. 53.9% said the most serious damage were to their houses. The affected population identified the most severe disaster affecting their area as storms ( next to the Tsunami). 100.0% of the sample population said there were no warnings issued on the disastrous weather situation. As self protection methods 43.0% had stayed inside the house as awareness programs have never been conducted to educate them. 30.8 % said they saw trees being uprooted by the storm. 72.0 % said that they had received Government aid after the damage caused by the tropical storm.Item Sabaragamu Kirimadu ceremonial dance and rituals (A study based on Divisional Secretariat of Kalawana, Rathnapura District)(Faculty of Graduate Studies, University of Kelaniya, 2013) Kumara, R.K.C.; Sandamali, R.M.A.There is a great deal of evidence of ceremonial dances and rituals all over the island of Sri Lanka. Among them Kirimadu, GiniMadu, Gammadu, Pahanmadu, Devolmadu take a prominent place. Amongst these, Kirimadu ceremonial dance could be identified as a specific ceremonial dance confined to Sabaragamuwa Province. From ancient times, this traditional ceremonial dance has been conducted to bring prosperity for all people, for the protection of crops, and to get rid of diseases and epidemics and for the great hope of development of the entire area. This study focusses on the Kalawana Secretariat in the Rathnapura District. The main objective of the study is to identify the traditions and rituals of ceremonial dance. Among the other objectives are to investigate the historical background, look into the reasons why the ceremonial dance is in the open, the identification of its social values as well as the prevailing new trends. To gain this we utilized face to face interviews, semi- structured interviews and field observation for data collecting. Through this study we were able to identify many rituals of ceremonial dance in Sabaragamuwa. Among them were the Aluth deviyange kotasa, Thota pe kireema, Magul bera wadanaya, Wee keteema, Nokku batha piseema, Hathpada pelapaliya, Kiri ithiraweema, Peduru paliya, Mee kedeema, Nanu muraya, Atha bandeema, Andi gura nateema, Paththini kannalawwa, Mal paliya nateema, Roti pideema, Muruthan wadeema and Madu hamaraya. The above mentioned rituals are the main aspects of the ceremonial dance. However, the busy and restless life of the average individuals of the area, the rapid progress and development and advancement of science and drug manufacturing, and accelerated progress of infrastructural networks have paved the way for the speedy diminishing of this ancient, ceremonial dance.Item The southwest monsoon of 2013: its disastrous Impact on the balapitiya fishing population of Coastal southwest sri lanka and the urgent need For information communication technology (ICT) Application(Department of Zoology, University of Kelaniya, Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2014-06) Ali, S.K.M.; Kumara, R.K.C.Monsoon was traditionally defined as a seasonal reversing wind accompanied by corresponding changes in the precipitation but is now understood as the seasonal change in atmospheric circulation and precipitation associated with the asymmetric heating of land and sea. Sri Lanka is affected annually both by the southwest and northeast monsoons and shows marked variations from intensified disastrous situations to failure. The 2013 southwest monsoon brought disaster to the fishing population of the southwest quadrant especially Balapitiya Divisional Secretariat Division (DSD). Its impact peaked on June 8th with the sudden intensification of the system resulting in high wind and precipitation that led to human death and property loss. The highest number of deaths, missing and injured were reported from Balapitiya DSD. The main objective of the present investigation was to study the damaging effect of the southwest monsoon of 8th June 2013 on the fishing population of the most affected Grama Niladhari (GN) divisions of the Balapitiya DSD. Other objectives were to find out whether an early warning had been issued, the observations of the fishing community on the intensified monsoon situation, safety measures adopted by the community during the disaster, their traditional knowledge on identifying a severe weather situation and the nature of damages to vegetation. The study area covered Ahungalla, Weliwathugoda, Wellabada, Werathuduwa, Brahmanawaththa south and Brahmanawaththa north Grama Niladhari (GN) Divisions. The primary method used was a questionnaire survey on the affected fishing population. Random sampling technique based on the list of affected families provided by the GN of the affected divisions was used to select the sample. Forty questionnaires were administered to each GN division except Brahmanawatte north (39) totaling to 279 affected families in the study area. Other supplementary methods used were interviews, personal and group discussions and case studies. The study was under taken in July 2013. Simple statistical methods such as percentages were used to analyze the data. Result show that there were 24 deaths (out of 27 in Sri Lanka) in the study area. 35.06% said the most serious damage were to their fishing materials, 29.22% said they were unable to go fishing as a result of bad weather. 84.94% said that no early warnings were issued before the disaster and 56.90% have seen uprooted trees in the study area. As protection methods 56.48% had stayed inside the house. Use of ICT as an early warning measure could have saved many human lives if applied during this disaster situation.Item පහතරට තෙත් කලාපයෙහි දඹරැල්ල සමඟ මිනිසා දක්වන සහජීවන සබඳතාවය පිළිබඳ මානව භූගෝල විද්යාත්මක අධ්යයනයක් (සිංහරාජ වනාන්තරය ආශ්රිතව පිහිටි කුඩව සහ වැවගම ග්රාම නිළධාරී වසම් ඇසුරිනි)(University of Kelaniya, 2013) Kumara, R.K.C.; Sandamali, R.M.A.Item පහතරට තෙත් කලාපයෙහි සාම්ප්රදායික දඩයම් ක්රම සහ ඒ ආශ්රිත පැහැදිලි විශ්වාස (රත්නපුර දිස්ත්රික්කයෙහි කලවාන ප්රාදේශීය ලේකම් කොට්ඨාශයෙහි පිහිටි කුඩාව ග්රාම නිලධාරී වසම ඇසුරිනි)(University of Kelaniya, 2013) Kumara, R.K.C.; Sandamali, R.M.A.Item පහතරට වැසි වනාන්තරබද ග්රාමීය ප්රදේශයවල සාම්ප්රදායික දඩයම ආශ්රිත අභිචාර විධි (සිංහරාජ වනාන්තරයේ වයඹ දිග බෑවුම ඇසුරිනි)(Faculty of Graduate Studies, University of Kelaniya, 2014) Kumara, R.K.C.; Sandamali, R.M.A.Item සබරගමු කිරි මඩු ශාන්තිකර්මය හා ඒ ආශ්රිත පූජා විධි (රත්නපුර දිස්ත්රික්කයෙහි කලවාන ප්රාදේශීය ලේකම් කොට්ඨාසය ඇසුරිනි)(University of Kelaniya, 2012) Kumara, R.K.C.; Sandamali, R.M.A.