Sinhalese New Year
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Sinhalese New Year is a major traditional festival in Sri Lanka, marking the solar new year with cultural rituals, family gatherings, and celebrations among the Sinhalese community.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Sinhalese New Year canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8564660 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Sinhalese New Year Context triple: [Tamil New Year, concurrentWith, Sinhalese New Year]
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A.
Tamil New Year
Tamil New Year is the traditional New Year festival of Tamils, marking the first day of the Tamil calendar month Chithirai with cultural rituals, family gatherings, and festive celebrations.
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B.
Vesak
Vesak is the most important Buddhist festival, commemorating the birth, enlightenment, and death (parinirvana) of Gautama Buddha.
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C.
Esala Perahera
Esala Perahera is a grand annual Buddhist procession in Kandy, Sri Lanka, famed for its elaborately decorated elephants, traditional dancers, and veneration of the Sacred Tooth Relic of the Buddha.
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D.
Sinhalese Buddhist calendar
The Sinhalese Buddhist calendar is a traditional lunisolar calendar used primarily in Sri Lanka to determine religious festivals, auspicious times, and cultural observances within the Sinhalese Buddhist community.
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E.
Bengali New Year
Bengali New Year is the traditional New Year festival of Bengali communities, marked by cultural celebrations, fairs, and rituals that welcome the first day of the Bengali calendar.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Sinhalese New Year Target entity description: Sinhalese New Year is a major traditional festival in Sri Lanka, marking the solar new year with cultural rituals, family gatherings, and celebrations among the Sinhalese community.
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A.
Tamil New Year
Tamil New Year is the traditional New Year festival of Tamils, marking the first day of the Tamil calendar month Chithirai with cultural rituals, family gatherings, and festive celebrations.
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B.
Vesak
Vesak is the most important Buddhist festival, commemorating the birth, enlightenment, and death (parinirvana) of Gautama Buddha.
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C.
Esala Perahera
Esala Perahera is a grand annual Buddhist procession in Kandy, Sri Lanka, famed for its elaborately decorated elephants, traditional dancers, and veneration of the Sacred Tooth Relic of the Buddha.
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D.
Sinhalese Buddhist calendar
The Sinhalese Buddhist calendar is a traditional lunisolar calendar used primarily in Sri Lanka to determine religious festivals, auspicious times, and cultural observances within the Sinhalese Buddhist community.
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E.
Bengali New Year
Bengali New Year is the traditional New Year festival of Bengali communities, marked by cultural celebrations, fairs, and rituals that welcome the first day of the Bengali calendar.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (53)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
cultural event
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public holiday ⓘ solar new year celebration ⓘ traditional festival ⓘ |
| activity |
drumming and dancing
ⓘ
making religious offerings ⓘ traditional games ⓘ village sports ⓘ visiting temples ⓘ |
| alsoCelebratedBy |
Sri Lankan Hindus
ⓘ
linked to:
Sri Lankan Tamils
|
| basedOn | solar calendar ⓘ |
| celebratedBy |
Buddhists in Sri Lanka
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Sinhalese people ⓘ |
| country | Sri Lanka ⓘ |
| custom |
anointing with herbal oils
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exchange of gifts ⓘ first transaction of the year ⓘ house cleaning before the new year ⓘ lighting of the hearth at an auspicious time ⓘ offering betel leaves to elders ⓘ paying respect to elders ⓘ preparing the first meal at an auspicious time ⓘ visiting relatives and neighbors ⓘ wearing new clothes in auspicious colors ⓘ |
| follows | astrological timings ⓘ |
| food |
aluwa
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athirasa ⓘ banana ⓘ kavum (oil cakes) ⓘ kiribath (milk rice) ⓘ kokis ⓘ mung kavum ⓘ sweets and traditional delicacies ⓘ |
| hasLocalName |
Aluth Avurudda
ⓘ
Aluth Avurudu ⓘ
linked to:
Aluth Avurudda
|
| importance | one of the most significant cultural festivals in Sri Lanka ⓘ |
| includesPeriod | Nonagathe (neutral period) ⓘ |
| languageOfLocalName | Sinhala ⓘ |
| marks |
beginning of the traditional solar year in Sri Lanka
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sun’s transition from Meena (Pisces) to Mesha (Aries) ⓘ |
| nonagatheMeaning | inauspicious time between old year and new year ⓘ |
| observedBy | Sri Lankan diaspora communities ⓘ |
| occursInMonth | April ⓘ |
| region | South Asia ⓘ |
| relatedFestival |
Bengali New Year (Pohela Boishakh)
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linked to:
Pohela Boishakh
Tamil New Year ⓘ Vishu ⓘ |
| religionAssociated |
Buddhism
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Hinduism ⓘ |
| symbolizes |
family unity
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prosperity ⓘ renewal ⓘ |
| typicalDateRange | 13 April to 14 April ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Sinhalese New Year Description of subject: Sinhalese New Year is a major traditional festival in Sri Lanka, marking the solar new year with cultural rituals, family gatherings, and celebrations among the Sinhalese community.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.