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Quote - Joseph Pulitzer

"PUT IT BEFORE THEM BRIEFLY SO THEY WILL READ IT, CLEARLY SO THEY WILL APPRECIATE IT, PICTURESQUELY SO THEY WILL REMEMBER IT AND, ABOVE ALL, ACCURATELY SO THEY WILL BE GUIDED BY ITS LIGHT" ***** JOSEPH PULITZER *****
DISCOVER - SRI LANKA: PROLOGUE

IN PRAISE OF MY BEAUTIFUL ISLAND,
INFORMATION, PHOTOGRAPHS AND VIDEO.

THE 13th CENTURY VENETIAN TRAVELER MARCO POLO DESCRIBED THE ISLAND AS 'THE JADE PENDANT IN THE INDIAN OCEAN'. THE ABUNDANCE OF GEMSTONES, SPICES, RAIN FORESTS AND WILDLIFE; THE MAGNIFICENT BEACHES, ANCIENT RUINS AND A WRITTEN HISTORY OF OVER 2500 YEARS MAKE THIS ISLAND A TOURISTS' PARADISE.

THE RUINED CITIES OF ANURADHAPURA AND POLONNARUWA ILLUSTRATE THE GLORY OF THE ANCIENT KINGDOMS. THE GIGANTIC STUPAS AND BUDDHA STATUES ARE AMONG THE BIGGEST MAN MADE STRUCTURES OF THE WORLD. THE MASSIVE RESERVOIRS, BUILT BY ANCIENT KINGS TO IRRIGATE THOUSANDS OF ACRES OF LAND, ARE MARVELS OF HYDRO ENGINEERING. THERE ARE EIGHT UNESCO WORLD HERITAGE SITES IN SRI LANKA

THE ISLAND WAS KNOWN TO THE GREEKS AS 'TAPROBANE' AND TO THE ARABS AS 'SERENDIB'. EARLY MERCHANTS VISITED THE ISLAND IN SEARCH OF GEMSTONES AND SPICES, MAINLY CINNAMON AND PEPPER. COFFEE AND TEA PLANTATIONS WERE STARTED BY THE BRITISH COLONIAL RULERS. CEYLON TEA IS FAMOUS THE WORLD OVER.

TOURISM INDUSTRY IS A MAJOR MONEY SPINNER FOR THIS BEAUTIFUL ISLAND. THE VAST EXPANSE OF BEACHES, RAIN FORESTS AND NATIONAL PARKS WITH HERDS OF WILD ELEPHANTS, THE CENTRAL HIGHLANDS WITH LITHE WATER FALLS, BRING IN THE TOURISTS. THE ISLAND IS DOTTED WITH HUNDREDS OF HOTELS TO ACCOMMODATE THE TRAVELER. AN ISLAND OF 25,000 SQ; MILES HAS 103 RIVERS AND 25000 RESERVOIRS, MOSTLY MAN MADE. WITH VARYING CLIMATIC CONDITIONS THIS IS TRULY A 'SMALL MIRACLE'.

" THE ISLAND OF SRI LANKA IS A SMALL UNIVERSE, IT CONTAINS AS MANY VARIATIONS OF CULTURE, SCENERY AND CLIMATE AS SOME COUNTRIES A DOZEN TIMES ITS SIZE........I FIND IT HARD TO BELIEVE THAT THERE IS ANY COUNTRY WHICH SCORES SO HIGHLY IN ALL DEPARTMENTS - WHICH HAVE SO MANY ADVANTAGES AND SO FEW DISADVANTAGES. LOVELY BEACHES, BEAUTIFUL LANDSCAPES, IMPRESSIVE RUINS, A VIBRANT CULTURE AND CHARMING PEOPLE- NO WONDER SRI LANKA IS A SMALL MIRACLE ".***** Arthur C. Clark *****




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Showing posts with label nature music. Show all posts
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17 June, 2023

Sri Lanka - Insect Musicians of Sri Lanka

 Recorded on June 21st, 2016.

These insect sounds were recorded while having dinner, at a restaurant close to a pond, in Polonnaruwa, in the "Dry zone" of Sri Lanka. First, there was a heavy downpour and when the rain ceased - the 'Orchestra' started, 127 seconds of music from a billion voices in the wilderness! [Full volume, please]


Video by - NelPhotography


07 May, 2011

SRI LANKA - NATURE MUSIC



25th April, 2010. 6.20 a.m., Kadugannawa, Sri Lanka. Daybreak 
in the Hill-country and the orchestra begins, this is a daily 
occurrence. Listen to 122 seconds of tantalizing music from 
mother nature. [ Please turn on speakers ]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3B127QNuQNg&feature=player_profilepage

[ Youtube channel - Nelsonlanka ]


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02 May, 2010

SRI LANKA - NATURE MUSIC [ INSECTS ]

THIS CLIP WAS RECORDED AT 11.29 P.M. ON 1 st MAY,2010.

LISTEN ( SIXTY SECONDS ) TO THE SOUNDS OF MILLIONS OF INSECTS, CRICKETS ETC: ON A DARK AND RAINY NIGHT IN SRI LANKA.

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MY VIDEOS : http://youtube.com/user/nelsonmangalagama

MY PHOTOGRAPHS : http://panoramio.com/user/4388912 AND http://nationalgeographic.com/myshot/gallery/223274

30 April, 2010

SRI LANKA - NATURE MUSIC

MUSIC FROM NATURE ON A MISTY MORNING IN BEAUTIFUL SRI LANKA. FILMED ON SONY CYBER-SHOT, DSC - H7




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