We are asking the Sinhalese people to give us our freedom."

Sinhalese people have been immigrating to Australia since the 19th century.

Academics and journalists say the chronicle lies at the heart of the Sinhalese people's consciousness as a nation.

Sinhalese people were reluctant to work in the plantations.

Sinhalese people claim Indian ethnic origins and are primarily engaged in agriculture.

It largely reflected the Buddhist traditions of the Sinhalese people.

Sinhalese people are the largest ethnic group of Sri Lanka.

Nevertheless ancient traditions and festivals are celebrated by mostly conservative Sinhalese people of the island.

"Since we took Jaffna, the Sinhalese people have been prepared to look at our proposals in a different light," he said.

However, even in the modernday, sinhalese people look at surnames and ancestry when it comes to marriages.

The Sinhala language is spoken by the Sinhalese people, who constitute approximately 74% of the national population and total about 13 million.

Sinhalese people prepare and consume a number of traditional dishes, including kokis, to celebrate their new year in mid-April.

Since the 1950s the cult of Kataragama has taken a nationalistic tone amongst the Sinhalese people.

"This is genocide of the Sinhalese people," Mr. Ratanakara said.

Vijaya's reign is of immense importance to the Sinhalese people as it forms the core of their cultural identity.

Tamils co-existed with the Sinhalese people since then, and the early mixing rendered the two ethnic groups almost physically indistinct.

The introduction of Christianity by the Portuguese furthered friction with the Sinhalese people.

He is associated with god Aiyanayake by the Sinhalese people of Sri Lanka.

It is a major anniversary celebrated by not only the Sinhalese people but by most Sri Lankans.

Today many Sinhalese people and some east coast Tamils claim that they have some trace of Veddah blood.

During the 12th century AD, The Sinhalese people had constructed a Buddhist monastery within the rock formation.

Bengali, Oriya and Sinhalese people have had trading connections to Dhivehi people in the past.

Hundreds of Sinhalese people have been trained as guards by the Government and given guns to protect the few Sinhalese villages in the northeast.

He once praised the normal Tamil vadai seller for his courage and blamed the Sinhalese people who were lazy and called upon them to rise.

The predominant view is that it was introduced with the expansion of Sinhalese people from neighboring Sri Lanka who are predominantly Buddhist.