Portuguese Burghers – Mr Ockersz, Mrs Irene Ockersz and Shihan de Silva Jayasuriya in Batticaloa
- Portuguese Burghers of Sri Lanka (trilingual: Portuguese, English, Sinhala) In: Portraits of Luso-Asians of Sri Lanka by João Palla Martins. Macau: Instituto Internacional de Macau (2021).
Retratos de Luso-Asiáticos do Sri Lanka / ශ්රී ලංකාවෙ ලුසෝ-ආසියානුවන්ගේ ඡායාරූප / Portraits Of Luso-Asians of Sri Lanka
João Palla Martins
Texts: Shihan de Silva Jayasuriya
The purpose of this book is to make visible the Luso-Asians of Sri Lanka, a community whose history dates back to the XVI century and is currently shrinking in size. Despite the lack of resources, the community has remained faithful to its Portuguese roots, trying to keep and preserve the culture with dance and music groups, the teaching of Portuguese Creole to the younger generation as well as some customs and cuisine.
Texts written by Professor Shihan de Silva Jayasuriya and pictures by João Palla Martins.
The aim of this book is to give visibility to the Luso-Asians of Sri Lanka, a community whose history dates back to the beginning of the century. XVI and which is currently witnessing a decrease in its population. The community, however, remained true to its Portuguese roots and tries, despite the lack of resources, to maintain and preserve the culture through dance and musical groups, the teaching of Portuguese Creole to the younger generation, as well as some customs and cuisine.
Texts by Professor Shihan de Silva Jayasuriya and photographs by Joao Palla Martins.
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