• Ananda Samarakoon
  Ananda Samarakoon (1911–1962) was a Sri Lankan composer and musician. He composed the Sri Lankan national anthem "Sri Lanka Matha" and is considered the father of artistic Sinhala music and founder of the modern Sri Lankan Geeta Sahitya (Song Literature).
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• Annesley Malewana
  Annesley Malewana () is an influential Sri Lankan musician.
  http://wn.com/Annesley_Malewana
• Anula of Sri Lanka
  Queen Anula (reigned 47 BC - 42 BC), was the first queen in Sri Lankan history to have wielded meaningful power and authority. As well as that she was the first female head of state in Asia. Anula initially rose to power as consort of king Chore Naga (also known as 'Coranaga' and 'Mahanaga'), son of king Valagambahu of Anuradhapura; however in her five-year reign she poisoned her way through at least four other husbands and consorts and eventually governed Rajarata on her own. She should not be confused with the other famous Anula in Sri Lankan history, king Devanampiyatissa's consort. The primary source for her reign is the Mahavamsa, chapters XXXIV and XXXV.
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• Arabs
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  Ashoka
  Ashoka (Devanāgarī: अशोक, IAST: ', , 304–232 BC), popularly known as Ashoka the Great''', was an Indian emperor of the Maurya Dynasty who ruled almost all of the Indian subcontinent from 269 BC to 232 BC. One of India's greatest emperors, Ashoka reigned over most of present-day India after a number of military conquests. His empire stretched from present-day Pakistan, Afghanistan in the west, to the present-day Bangladesh and the Indian state of Assam in the east, and as far south as northern Kerala and Andhra. He conquered the kingdom named Kalinga, which no one in his dynasty had conquered starting from Chandragupta Maurya. His reign was headquartered in Magadha (present-day Bihar, India). He embraced Buddhism from the prevalent Vedic tradition after witnessing the mass deaths of the war of Kalinga, which he himself had waged out of a desire for conquest. He was later dedicated to the propagation of Buddhism across Asia and established monuments marking several significant sites in the life of Gautama Buddha. Ashoka was a devotee of ahimsa (nonviolence), love, truth, tolerance and vegetarianism. Ashoka is remembered in history as a philanthropic administrator. In the history of India Ashoka is referred to as Samraat Chakravartin Ashoka- the Emperor of Emperors Ashoka.
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  Ban Ki-moon
  Ban Ki-moon ( hanja:潘基文; born 13 June 1944) is the eighth and current Secretary-General of the United Nations, after succeeding Kofi Annan in 2007. Before becoming Secretary-General, Ban was a career diplomat in South Korea's Ministry of Foreign Affairs and in the United Nations. He entered diplomatic service the year he graduated from university, accepting his first post in New Delhi, India. In the foreign ministry he established a reputation for modesty and competence.
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  Buddhism
  Buddhism (Pali/Sanskrit: बौद्ध धर्म Buddha Dharma) is a religion and philosophy encompassing a variety of traditions, beliefs and practices, largely based on teachings attributed to Siddhartha Gautama, commonly known as the Buddha (Pāli/Sanskrit "the awakened one"). The Buddha lived and taught in the northeastern Indian subcontinent some time between the 6th and 4th centuries BCE. He is recognized by adherents as an awakened teacher who shared his insights to help sentient beings end suffering (or dukkha), achieve nirvana, and escape what is seen as a cycle of suffering and rebirth.
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• Buddhist
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• Buddhists
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• Chamal Rajapaksa
  Chamal Jayantha Rajapaksa (born 30 October 1942) is the current Speaker of the Parliament of Sri Lanka and former Cabinet Minister of Ports, Aviation, Irrigation and Water Management. He hails from a well known political family in Sri Lanka. His father, D. A. Rajapaksa, was a prominent politician, independence agitator, Member of Parliament and Cabinet Minister of Agriculture and Land in Wijeyananda Dahanayake's government. He is the elder brother of the current President of Sri Lanka Mahinda Rajapakse.
  http://wn.com/Chamal_Rajapaksa
• China
  China is seen variously as an ancient civilization extending over a large area in East Asia, a nation and/or a multinational entity.
  http://wn.com/China
• Chinese people
  The term Chinese people may refer to any of the following:
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  Chitral Somapala
  Chitral "Chity" Somapala (born 4 November 1966 in Colombo, Sri Lanka) is a Hard Rock and Heavy Metal singer.
  http://wn.com/Chitral_Somapala
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  Citigroup
  Citigroup Inc. (branded Citi) is a major American financial services company based in New York City. Citigroup was formed from one of the world's largest mergers in history by combining the banking giant Citicorp and financial conglomerate Travelers Group on April 7, 1998.
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• Clarence Wijewardene
  http://wn.com/Clarence_Wijewardene
• Clem Tisdell
  Clement Allan Tisdell (born 18 November 1939 in Taree, New South Wales) is an Australian economist and Emeritus Professor at the University of Queensland. He is best known for his work in environmental and ecological economics.
  http://wn.com/Clem_Tisdell
• Cristina Mittermeier
  Cristina Mittermeier (born November 26, 1966) in Mexico City is a Mexican marine biologist, photographer and biochemical engineer. She has coauthored several books for both popular and scientist audiences, and has coauthored several scientific papers as well as numerous magazine articles.
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  D. M. Jayaratne
  Disanayaka Mudiyanselage Jayaratne MP (known as D. M. "Di Mu" Jayaratne; ; ; born June 7, 1931) is the 20th and current Prime Minister of Sri Lanka, and a veteran Sri Lankan politician. A founding member of the Sri Lanka Freedom Party, Jayaratne was first elected to parliament in 1970. He was sworn in as Prime Minister on April 21, 2010.
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• D.S. Senanayake
  http://wn.com/DS_Senanayake
• Dathiya
  http://wn.com/Dathiya
• Devanampiyatissa
  http://wn.com/Devanampiyatissa
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  Dmitry Medvedev
  Dmitry Anatolyevich Medvedev (; born 14 September 1965) is the third and current President of the Russian Federation, inaugurated on 7 May 2008. He won the presidential election held on 2 March 2008 with 71.25% of the popular vote.
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• Don Baron Jayatilaka
  Sir Don Baron Jayatilaka (13 February 1868 - 29 May 1944) (known as D.B Jayatilaka) was a Sri Lankan educationalist, politician and diplomat.
  http://wn.com/Don_Baron_Jayatilaka
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  Dutch people
  The Dutch people (Dutch: ) are the dominant ethnic group of the Netherlands. They share a common culture and speak the Dutch language.
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  Edward Harper
  Edward Harper was an engineer who travelled to Colombo in 1921 to work in the Ceylon Telegraph Department. Harper was appointed Chief Engineer. He had an innovative mind and his passion was broadcasting. Edward Harper is known as the 'Father of Broadcasting,' in Ceylon.
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  Elara (monarch)
  Elara (235 BC - 161 BC), also known as Elalan and Élaezha Chola (எல்லாளன், மனு நீதி சோழன்) in Tamil, was a Chola king from the Chola Kingdom, in present day South India, who ruled Sri Lanka from 205 BC to 161 BC from the ancient capital of Anuradhapura. Often referred to as 'the Just King'. Elara is a peculiar figure in the history of Sri Lanka and one with particular resonance given the ongoing ethnic strife in the country. Although he was an invader, he is often regarded as one of Sri Lanka's wisest and most just monarchs, as highligted in Sinhalese chronicle Mahavamsa. According to the chronicle, even Elara's nemesis king Dutugemunu had a great respect for him, and ordered a monument be built, where Elara was cremated after he was slain in battle.
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• Faxian
  Fa Xian (Traditional Chinese: 法顯; Simplified Chinese: 法显; Pinyin: Fǎxiǎn; also romanized as Fa-Hien or Fa-hsien) (337 – ca. 422 CE) was a Chinese Buddhist monk who traveled to Nepal, India, and Sri Lanka to acquire Buddhist scriptures between 399 and 412. His journey is described in his important travelogue, A Record of Buddhistic Kingdoms, Being an Account by the Chinese Monk Fa-Hien of his Travels in India and Ceylon in Search of the Buddhist Books of Discipline. He is most known for his pilgrimage to Lumbini, the birthplace of Lord Buddha.
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  Francisco de Almeida
  Dom Francisco de Almeida (), also known as "the Great Dom Francisco" (born c. 1450 in Lisbon; died March 1, 1510 at Table Bay, Cape of Good Hope), was a Portuguese nobleman, soldier and explorer. He distinguished himself as a counsellor to King John II of Portugal and later in the wars against the Moors and in the conquest of Granada in 1492. In 1503 he was appointed as the first governor and viceroy of the Portuguese State of India (Estado da Índia). Almeida is credited with establishing Portuguese hegemony in the Indian Ocean, with his victory at the naval Battle of Diu in 1509. Before Almeida could return to Portugal, he lost his life in 1510. His son Lourenço de Almeida too was killed in the Battle of Chaul in 1508.
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• G. G. Ponnambalam
  Ganapathipillai Gangaser Ponnambalam (8 November 1901 – 9 December 1977) , known as G.G. Ponnambalam, was a Sri Lankan Tamil politician in British Ceylon, and then after independence, in Ceylon. He founded the first Sri Lankan Tamil political party, the All Ceylon Tamil Congress. Ponnambalam stood for the principle of minority representation.
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  Gautama Buddha
  Siddhārtha Gautama (Sanskrit: ; Pali: Siddhattha Gotama) was a spiritual teacher from ancient India who founded Buddhism. In most Buddhist traditions, he is regarded as the Supreme Buddha (P. sammāsambuddha, S. samyaksaṃbuddha) of our age, "Buddha" meaning "awakened one" or "the enlightened one." The time of his birth and death are uncertain: most early 20th-century historians dated his lifetime as c. 563 BCE to 483 BCE,
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  Indigenous peoples
  Indigenous peoples are people, communities, and nations who claim a historical continuity and cultural affinity with societies endemic to their original territories that developed prior to exposure to the larger connected civilization associated with Western culture. These societies therefore consider themselves distinct from societies of the majority culture/s that have contested their cultural sovereignty and self-determination.
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• Kavan Tissa
  http://wn.com/Kavan_Tissa
• King Solomon
  http://wn.com/King_Solomon
• Lester James Peiris
  http://wn.com/Lester_James_Peiris
• Mahagama Sekara
  http://wn.com/Mahagama_Sekara
• Mahinda
  Mahinda (; Mahindra) (born 3rd century BCE in Magadha, now in Bihar, India) was a Buddhist monk depicted in Buddhist sources as bringing Buddhism to Sri Lanka. He was the son of the Mauryan Emperor Ashoka.
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• Michel Servet
  http://wn.com/Michel_Servet
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  Muttiah Muralitharan
  Muttiah Muralitharan (, Sinhala: මුත්තයියා මුරලිදරන්, born 1972), often referred to as Murali, is a Sri Lankan cricketer, who was rated the greatest Test match bowler ever by ''Wisden Cricketers' Almanack'' in 2002. He retired from Test cricket in 2010, registering his 800th and final wicket on 22 July 2010 from his final ball in his last test match.
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• Nayaks of Madurai
  http://wn.com/Nayaks_of_Madurai
• Norman Myers
  Norman Myers CMG (born 24 August 1934) is a British environmentalist specialisting in biodiversity. He is the father of marathon runner Mara Yamauchi.
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• Parsi people
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• Parsis
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  Prasanna Vithanage
  Prasanna Vithanage (born in 1962) is one of Sri Lanka's most notable filmmakers. His films have won many awards, both local and international.
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• Rajaraja I
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• Rajendra I
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  Rama
  Rama (IAST: , : ; Kannada: ರಾಮ; Tamil: இராமன்; Telugu: రామ; ; Chinese: Lomo; Javanese: Ramavijaya; Khmer: ព្រះ​រាម Phreah Ream; Lao: ພຣະຣາມ Phra Lam; Malay: Megat Seri Rama; Maranaw: Mangandiri; Tagalog: Rajah Bantugan; Phra Ram) or Ramachandra (रामचंद्र, రామచంద్ర ) is considered to be the seventh avatar of Vishnu in Hinduism, and a mythological king of Ayodhya in ancient Indian Puranas. Based on Puranic genealogy, Rama is believed by Hindus to have lived during 1450 BC, during the Rig Vedic period.
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  Robert Brownrigg
  General Sir Robert Brownrigg, 1st Baronet GCB (1759 –27 April 1833) was a British statesman and soldier.
  http://wn.com/Robert_Brownrigg
• Rohan Gunaratna
  Rohan Gunaratna (born 1961) is an international terrorism expert. He is the head of the International Centre for Political Violence and Terrorism Research (ICPVTR)] at Nanyang Technological University in Singapore . By its size, ICPVTR is one of the largest counterterrorism research and training centres in the world.
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  Rohitha Bogollagama
  Chandrasekera Rohitha Bandara Bogollagama (born 6 August 1954) () is a former Sri Lankan politician and was the Minister of Foreign Affairs from 28 January 2007 until he was defeated in the General Elections held on 08th of April 2010, losing his seat in parliament. He had a long career in law running from 1976 to 1999, before being elected to the Sri Lankan parliament in 2000.
  http://wn.com/Rohitha_Bogollagama
• Russell Mittermeier
  Russell Alan Mittermeier (born November 8, 1949) is a primatologist, herpetologist and biological anthropologist. He has written several books for both popular and scientist audiences, and has authored some 300 scientific papers.
  http://wn.com/Russell_Mittermeier
• S.J.V. Chelvanayakam
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  Sangamitta
  Sangamitta or Sanghmitta (Sanghmitra in Sanskrit) was the daughter of Emperor Ashoka and his Buddhist queen Devi. Together with Venerable Mahinda, her brother, she entered an order of Buddhist monks. The two siblings later went to Sri Lanka to spread the teachings of Buddha at the request of King Devanampiya Tissa (250 BC – 210 BC) who was a contemporary of Emperor Ashoka (304 BC – 232 BC) of India. Ashoka was initially reluctant to send his daughter on an overseas mission. However, because of the insistence of Sangamitra herself, he finally agreed. She was sent to Sri Lanka together with several other nuns to start the nun-lineage of Bhikkhunis (a fully ordained female Buddhist monastic) at the request of King Tissa of Sri Lanka to ordain queen Anulā and other women of Devānampiya Tissa's court at Anuradhapura in Sri Lanka who desired to be ordained as nuns after Mahindra converted them all to Buddhism.
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• Sena and Guttika
  Sena and Guttika were two Tamil chief’s from South India who invaded the kingdom of Anuradhapura and led an army allied with the local Tamil people population to defeat king Suratissa in battle. They reigned from 237 BC to 215 BC.
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• Sinhala people
  http://wn.com/Sinhala_people
• Sinhalese people
  The Sinhalese are the majority ethnic group of Sri Lanka, constituting 74% of the Sri Lankan population. They speak Sinhala, an Indo-Aryan language, and number approximately 14 million in the world. They live mainly in central, south and west Sri Lanka. According to legend they are the descendants of the exiled Prince Vijaya who arrived from North-East India to Sri Lanka in 543 BCE. The Sinhalese identity is based on language, heritage and religion. The vast majority of Sinhalese are Theravada Buddhists.
  http://wn.com/Sinhalese_people
• Sri Lankan Tamils
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  Tamil people
  Tamil people (), also called Tamils or Tamilians, are a linguistic and ethnic group native to Tamil Nadu, a state in Southern India and the north-eastern region of Sri Lanka. They speak Tamil (), with a recorded history going back two millennia. Emigrant communities are found across the world, notably Malaysia, Singapore, South Africa, Canada, and the UK. The Tamils are mostly Hindus with sizable Christian and Muslim populations.
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• Tamils
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  Taraki Sivaram
  Taraki Sivaram or Dharmeratnam Sivaram (11 August 1959– 28 April 2005) was a popular Tamil journalist of Sri Lanka. He was kidnapped by four men in a white van on April 28, 2005, in front of the Bambalapitya police station. His body was found the next day in the district of Himbulala, near the Parliament of Sri Lanka. He had been beaten and shot in the head.
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• the Buddha
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• Tooth Relic
  http://wn.com/Tooth_Relic
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  Vedda people
  :"Vedda" and "Veddas" redirect here. For the Sanskrit texts, see Vedas. For other uses, see Veda (disambiguation).
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  Vernon Corea
  Vernon Corea (11 September 1927 - 23 September 2002) was a pioneer radio broadcaster with 45 years of public service broadcasting both in Sri Lanka and the UK. He joined Radio Ceylon, South Asia's oldest radio station, in 1956 and later the Sri Lanka Broadcasting Corporation. During his time he presented some of the most popular radio shows in South Asia, including The Maliban Show, Dial-a-Disc, Holiday Choice, Two For the Money, Take It Or Leave It,Saturday Stars,To Each His Own,Kiddies Corner, and Old Folks at Home. He was well known not only in Sri Lanka, but right across the Indian Sub-Continent from the late 1950s to the 1970s - this was in the heyday of Radio Ceylon, the oldest radio station in South Asia.
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• Vijaya of Sri Lanka
  Vijaya was the first recorded King of Sri Lanka mentioned in the ancient Sri Lankan Pali chronicles, but he is also a figure in medieval Sri Lankan Tamil literature. His reign is traditionally dated to 543 BC - 505 BC.
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• Vimukthi Jayasundara
  Vimukthi Jayasundara is an award winning Sri Lankan film director.his work asserts a powerful new voice in filmmaking
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  W. D. Amaradeva
  Wannakuwatta Waduge Don Albert Perera (born December 5, 1927 in Moratuwa, Sri Lanka), better known by his adopted name Amaradeva, is a Sri Lankan vocalist and musical composer. Primarily using traditional instruments like sitars, tablas and harmoniums, Amaradeva incoporates Sinhala folk music with Indian ragas in his work.
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  Adam's Bridge
  '''Adam's Bridge (Tamil: '), also known as '''Rama's Bridge or Rama Setu (Tamil: ', , Sanskrit: , Malayalam: , ), is a chain of limestone shoals, between Pamban Island, also known as Rameswaram Island, off the southeastern coast of Tamil Nadu, India, and Mannar Island, off the northwestern coast of Sri Lanka. Geological evidence indicates that this bridge is a former land connection between India and Sri Lanka.
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  Anuradhapura
  Anuradhapura, (in Sinhala, in Tamil), is one of the ancient capitals of Sri Lanka, famous for its well-preserved ruins of ancient Lankan civilization.
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  Badulla
  Badulla (, ), is the capital of Uva Province, Sri Lanka. Badulla is located on the southeast of Kandy, almost encircled by the Badulu Oya River, about 680 metres (2200 ft) above sea level and is surrounded by tea plantations.
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  Bangladesh
  Bangladesh (; , '), officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh (Bengali: গণপ্রজাতন্ত্রী বাংলাদেশ ') is a country in South Asia. It is bordered by India on all sides except for a small border with Burma (Myanmar) to the far southeast and by the Bay of Bengal to the south. Together with the Indian state of West Bengal, it makes up the ethno-linguistic region of Bengal. The name Bangladesh means "Country of Bengal" in the official Bengali language.
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• 
  Barbados
  Barbados ()or (Bar-bay-dos) is an island nation of the Lesser Antilles, in length and as much as in width, amounting to . It is situated in the western area of the North Atlantic Ocean and 100 kilometres (62 mi) east of the Windward Islands and the Caribbean Sea; therein, it is about east of the islands of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, and north-east of Venezuela. Barbados is outside of the principal Atlantic hurricane belt.
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• Batadombalena
  Batadombalena is an archaeological site with evidence of habitation from 28,000 BCE, Balangoda Man, located 85 km from Colombo in Sri Lanka, a two hour drive from Colombo.
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  Bay of Bengal
  The Bay of Bengal (; ), the largest bay in the world, forms the northeastern part of the Indian Ocean. It resembles a triangle in shape, and is bordered by Bangladesh and the Indian state of West Bengal down to the state of Tamil Nadu, India and Sri Lanka to the west and Burma (Myanmar) and the Andaman and Nicobar Islands to the east.
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  Bhutan
  The Kingdom of Bhutan () (Dzongkha: ; Wylie: '' 'drug yul; Tibetan pinyin: ''), is a small landlocked country in South Asia, located at the eastern end of the Himalayas and bordered to the south, east and west by the Republic of India and to the north by the People's Republic of China . Bhutan is separated from the nearby state of Nepal to the west by the Indian state of Sikkim, and from Bangladesh to the south by West Bengal.
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• Bodhi tree
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  Bridgetown
  The city of Bridgetown, metropolitan pop 96,578 (2006), is the capital and largest city of the nation of Barbados. Formerly, the Town of Saint Michael the Greater Bridgetown area is located within the parish of Saint Michael. Bridgetown is sometimes locally referred to as "The City", but the most common reference is simply "Town".
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  British Ceylon
  British Ceylon refers to British rule prior to 1948 of the island territory now known as Sri Lanka.
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  British Empire
  The British Empire comprised the dominions, colonies, protectorates, mandates and other territories ruled or administered by the United Kingdom. It originated with the overseas colonies and trading posts established by England in the late 16th and early 17th centuries. At its height it was the largest empire in history and, for over a century, was the foremost global power. By 1922 the British Empire held sway over about 458 million people, one-quarter of the world's population at the time, and covered more than 13 million square miles (34 million km2), almost a quarter of the Earth's total land area. As a result, its political, linguistic and cultural legacy is widespread. At the peak of its power, it was often said that "the sun never sets on the British Empire" because its span across the globe ensured that the sun was always shining on at least one of its numerous territories.
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  Burma
  Burma, officially the Union of Myanmar, is the second largest country by geographical area in Southeast Asia. The country is bordered by People's Republic of China on the north-east, Laos on the east, Thailand on the south-east, Bangladesh on the west, India on the north-west and the Bay of Bengal to the south-west with the Andaman Sea defining its southern periphery. One-third of Burma's total perimeter, 1,930 kilometers (1,199 mi), forms an uninterrupted coastline.
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• 
  Cambridge
  The city of Cambridge ( ()) is a university town and the administrative centre of the county of Cambridgeshire, England. It lies in East Anglia about north-by-east of London. Cambridge is also at the heart of the high-technology centre known as Silicon Fen – a play on Silicon Valley and the fens surrounding the city.
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  Cannes Film Festival
  The Cannes Film Festival (), founded in 1946, is one of the world's oldest and most prestigious film festivals. The private festival is held annually (usually in May) at the Palais des Festivals et des Congrès, in the resort town of Cannes, in the south of France.
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  Chad
  Chad (, Tshād), officially known as the Republic of Chad, is a landlocked country in central Africa. It is bordered by Libya to the north, Sudan to the east, the Central African Republic to the south, Cameroon and Nigeria to the southwest, and Niger to the west. Due to its distance from the sea and its largely desert climate, the country is sometimes referred to as the "Dead Heart of Africa".
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  Chennai
  Chennai (Tamil: ), formerly known as Madras (Tamil: AKA ), is the capital city of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. Chennai is the fourth most populous metropolitan area and the fifth most populous city in India. Located on the Coromandel Coast of the Bay of Bengal, Chennai city had a population of 4.34 million in the 2001 census within the area administered by the Corporation of Chennai and an extended Metropolitan Population of 6.5 million. The urban agglomeration of metropolitan Chennai has an estimated population over 8.2 million people.
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• China
  China is seen variously as an ancient civilization extending over a large area in East Asia, a nation and/or a multinational entity.
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  Colombo
  Colombo (Sinhala: කොළඹ, pronounced ; ) is the largest city and former capital of Sri Lanka. It is located on the west coast of the island and adjacent to Sri Jayawardenapura Kotte, the capital. Colombo is a busy and vibrant city with a mixture of modern life and colonial buildings and ruins and a city population of 647,100. The Colombo Metropolitan Region, defined by the districts of Colombo, Gampaha and Kalutara, has an estimated population of 5,648,000, and covers an area of 3,694.20 km².
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  Dominion of Ceylon
  The Dominion of Ceylon, known today as Sri Lanka, was a dominion, in the British Empire between 1948 and 1972. In 1948, British Ceylon was granted independence as the Dominion of Ceylon. In 1972, the Dominion of Ceylon became a republic within the Commonwealth, and its name was changed to Sri Lanka. The Dominion of Ceylon was an island country in South Asia, located about off the southern coast of India.
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  Egypt
  Egypt (; , Miṣr, ; Egyptian Arabic: مصر, Maṣr, ; Coptic: , ; Greek: Αίγυπτος, Aiguptos; Egyptian:
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  France
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  Galle
  Galle (;) (pronounced as one syllable in English, "Gaul", and as two in Sinhalese, ) is a city situated on the southwestern tip of Sri Lanka, 119 km from Colombo. Galle is the capital city of Southern Province of Sri Lanka and it lies in Galle District.
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  Gampola
  Gampola is a large town located near Kandy in the Central Province of Sri Lanka. Gampola was made as the capital city of the Island by the King Buwanekabahu the fourth, who ruled for 4 years in mid fourteenth century. The last king of Gampola was King Buwanekabahu the fifth. He ruled the Island for 29 years. A separate city was built in Kotte during this time by a noble known as Alagakkonara. The longest Buddha statue in south asia is located in gampola ,the Saliyalapura Temple.
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  Great Britain
  Great Britain is an island situated to the northwest of Continental Europe. It is the ninth largest island in the world, and the largest European island. With a population of about 60.0 million people in mid-2009, it is the third most populated island on Earth. Great Britain is surrounded by over 1,000 smaller islands and islets. The island of Ireland lies to its west. Politically, Great Britain may also refer to the island itself together with a number of surrounding islands which comprise the territory of England, Scotland and Wales.
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  Haiti
  Haiti (; French , ; Haitian Creole: Ayiti, ), officially the Republic of Haiti ( ;
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• hectare
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  India
  India (), officially the Republic of India ( ; see also official names of India), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.18 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world. Mainland India is bounded by the Indian Ocean on the south, the Arabian Sea on the west, and the Bay of Bengal on the east; and it is bordered by Pakistan to the west; Bhutan, the People's Republic of China and Nepal to the north; and Bangladesh and Burma to the east. In the Indian Ocean, mainland India and the Lakshadweep Islands are in the vicinity of Sri Lanka and the Maldives, while India's Andaman and Nicobar Islands share maritime border with Thailand and the Indonesian island of Sumatra in the Andaman Sea. India has a coastline of .
  http://wn.com/India
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  Indian Ocean
  The Indian Ocean is the third largest of the world's oceanic divisions, covering about 20% of the water on the Earth's surface. It is bounded on the north by the Indian subcontinent; on the west by East Africa; on the east by Indochina, the Sunda Islands, and Australia; and on the south by the Southern Ocean (or, depending on definition, by Antarctica). It is the only ocean to be named after a country, i.e., India.
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  Indomalaya ecozone
  The Indomalaya ecozone is one of the eight ecozones that cover the planet's land surface. It extends across most of South and Southeast Asia and into the southern parts of East Asia.
  http://wn.com/Indomalaya_ecozone
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  Indonesia
  Indonesia ( or ), officially the Republic of Indonesia (), is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania. Indonesia comprises 17,508 islands. With a population of around 238 million people, it is the world's fourth most populous country, and has the world's largest population of Muslims. Indonesia is a republic, with an elected legislature and president. The nation's capital city is Jakarta. The country shares land borders with Papua New Guinea, East Timor, and Malaysia. Other neighboring countries include Singapore, Philippines, Australia, and the Indian territory of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands. Indonesia is a founding member of ASEAN and a member of the G-20 major economies.
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• Jaffna
  Jaffna or Yazhpanam (, ) (யாழ் meaning = Harp and பாணம் meaning = Town, therefore யாழ்ப்பாணம் means Town of (the) Harper) is the capital city of the Northern Province, Sri Lanka. Though most of the residents of Jaffna are Sri Lankan Tamils, there is also a minor presence of Sri Lankan Moors (Muslims) and Portuguese Burghers (Roman Catholics). Almost all Sri Lankan Muslims were driven off from Jaffna by the LTTE in the 1990s, as a result of the ethnic conflict which started in the 1970s which today leaves Jaffna almost exclusively Tamil, apart from the military personnel.
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  Jaffna kingdom
  The Jaffna kingdom () (1215-1619 CE), also known as Kingdom of Aryacakravarti, of modern northern Sri Lanka came into existence after the invasion of Magha, who is said to have been from Kalinga, in India. It eventually became a tribute paying feudatory of the Pandyan Empire in modern South India in 1258, gaining independence later with the fragmentation of the Pandyan control. For a brief period, in the early to mid-14th century, it was an ascendant power in the island of Sri Lanka when all regional kingdoms accepted subordination. However, the kingdom was eventually overpowered by the rival Kotte Kingdom, around 1450.
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  Jaffna Peninsula
  The Jaffna Peninsula is an area in Northern Sri Lanka. Its underground water is used for drinking, agriculture and industry. Paddy cultivation is rain fed but only for three months during the North East monsoon period. It is a part of the peninsula consisting of fourteen D.S Administrative Divisions. The total land area including inland water is 1,030 km². The terrain of the region is almost flat and of low elevation except in the central part of the western sector in the area around Tellippalai, where the elevation rises to 10.5 m above sea level. From there it slopes gently towards the south and south east, while to the north the elevation tends to drop abruptly. The ancient name for the Jaffna peninsula was Nagadipa or Naka-diva, which was first mentioned in the Mahavamsa.
  http://wn.com/Jaffna_Peninsula
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  Jaya Sri Maha Bodhi
  Jaya Sri Maha Bodhi is a Sacred Fig tree in Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka. It is said to be a sapling from the historical Bodhi tree under which Buddha became enlightened. It was planted in 288 BC, and is the oldest living human-planted tree in the world with a known planting date.
  http://wn.com/Jaya_Sri_Maha_Bodhi
• Kala Wewa
  Kala Wewa is an ancient reservoir in Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka. It was built by King Dhatusena around 400 AD. This reservoir has a circumference of and has a total area of seven square miles at full capacity.
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  Kandy
  Kandy ( maha nuvara, pronounced ; kaṇṭi, pronounced ) is the English name for the city of Maha Nuvara (Senkadagalapura) in the centre of Sri Lanka. It lies in the midst of hills in the Kandy plateau, which crosses an area of tropical plantations, mainly tea. Kandy is one of the most scenic cities in Sri Lanka; it is both an administrative and religious city. It is the capital of the Central Province (which encompasses the districts of Kandy, Matale and Nuwara Eliya) and also of Kandy District.
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  Kensington Oval
  The Kensington Oval is located to the west of the capital-city Bridgetown on the island of Barbados. "The Oval" is one of the major sporting facilities on the island and is primarily used for cricket. Locally referred to as "The Mecca" of cricket, it has hosted many important and exciting cricket games between local, regional, and international teams during its 120+ year history.
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  Kurunegala
  Kurunegala (, ), is the capital of the Wayamba Province, Sri Lanka and the Kurunegala District. Kurunegala was also an ancient royal capital for 50 years, from the end of the 13th century to the start of the 13th century. The town itself is a busy commercial and a transport hub. Kurunegala is located at the junction of several main roads linking to other important parts of the country. It is situated about 94 km from Colombo, and 42 km from Kandy.
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  Ladakh
  Ladakh (, Ladakhi , , , ; "land of high passes") is a region of Jammu and Kashmir, the northernmost state of the Republic of India. It lies between the Kunlun mountain range in the north and the main Great Himalayas to the south, inhabited by people of Indo-Aryan and Tibetan descent. It is one of the most sparsely populated regions in Kashmir.
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  Lebanon
  Lebanon ( or ; ; ), officially the Republic of Lebanon (Arabic: ; French: ), is a country on the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea. It is bordered by Syria to the north and east, and Israel to the south. Lebanon's location at the crossroads of the Mediterranean Basin and the Arabian hinterland has dictated its rich history, and shaped a cultural identity of religious and ethnic diversity.
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  London
  London () is the capital of England and the United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its founding by the Romans, who called it Londinium. London's core, the ancient City of London, largely retains its square-mile mediaeval boundaries. Since at least the 19th century, the name London has also referred to the metropolis developed around this core. The bulk of this conurbation forms the London region and the Greater London administrative area, governed by the elected Mayor of London and the London Assembly.
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  Malay Peninsula
  The Malay Peninsula or Thai-Malay Peninsula (, ) is in Southeast Asia. The land mass runs approximately north-south and, at its teminus, is the southern-most point of the Asian mainland. The area contains territories of Burma, Malaysia, Singapore, and Thailand.
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• Malaysia
  Malaysia (pronounced or ) is a federal constitutional monarchy in Southeast Asia. It consists of thirteen states and three federal territories and has a total landmass of . The country is separated by the South China Sea into two regions, Peninsular Malaysia and Malaysian Borneo (also known as West and East Malaysia respectively). Malaysia shares land borders with Thailand, Indonesia, and Brunei and has maritime boundaries with Singapore, Vietnam, and the Philippines. The capital city is Kuala Lumpur, while Putrajaya is the seat of the federal government. The population as of 2009 stood at over 28 million.
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  Maldives
  The Maldives ( or ), (Dhivehi: ދިވެހިރާއްޖެ ''Dhivehi Raa'je'') or Maldive Islands, officially Republic of Maldives, is an island nation in the Indian Ocean formed by a double chain of twenty-six atolls stretching in a north-south direction off India's Lakshadweep islands, between Minicoy Island and Chagos Archipelago. It stands in the Laccadive Sea, about seven hundred kilometers (435 mi) south-west of Sri Lanka.
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• Maskeliya
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• Matale District
  Matale District (, ) is a district in Central Province, Sri Lanka. Its area is 1,987 km².
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  Mihintale
  Mihintale is a mountain peak near Anuradhapura in Sri Lanka. It is believed by Sri Lankans to be the site of a meeting between the Buddhist monk Mahinda and King Devanampiyatissa which inaugurated the presence of Buddhism in Sri Lanka. It is now a pilgrimage site, and the site of several religious monuments and abandoned structures.
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  Mumbai
  Mumbai (; , ', ), previously known as Bombay' (), is the capital of the Indian state of Maharashtra. It is the most populous city in India, and the second most populous city in the world, with a population of approximately 14 million. The official language of Mumbai is Marathi. But many other languages are also widely used, particularly the Mumbaiian Hindi''. Along with the neighbouring urban areas, including the cities of Navi Mumbai and Thane, it is one of the most populous urban regions in the world. Mumbai lies on the west coast of India and has a deep natural harbour. As of 2009, Mumbai was named an Alpha world city. Mumbai is also the richest city in India, and has the highest GDP of any city in South or Central Asia.
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  Netherlands
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  New Delhi
  New Delhi (, naī dillī) is the capital city of India. It serves as the centre of the Government of India and the Government of the National Capital Territory of Delhi.
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  New Jersey
  New Jersey (, ) is a state in the Northeastern and Middle Atlantic regions of the United States. It is bordered on the northeast by New York, on the southeast and south by the Atlantic Ocean, on the west by Pennsylvania and on the southwest by Delaware. New Jersey lies largely within the sprawling metropolitan areas of New York City and Philadelphia. It is the most densely populated state in the United States.
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  New York
  New York (; locally or ) is a state in the Northeastern region of the United States. It is the nation's third most populous state. New York is bordered by New Jersey and Pennsylvania to the south, and by Connecticut, Massachusetts and Vermont to the east. The state has a maritime border with Rhode Island east of Long Island, as well as an international border with the Canadian provinces of Ontario to the north and west, and Quebec to the north. New York is often referred to as New York State to distinguish it from New York City.
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  Orissa
  Odisha (), or Orissa, is a state of India, located on the east coast of India, by the Bay of Bengal. It is the modern name of the ancient nation of Kalinga, which was invaded by the Maurya Emperor Ashoka in 261 BC. The modern state of Odisha was established on 1 April 1936 at Kanika Palace, Cuttack, as a province in India, and consists predominantly of Odia speakers. 1 April is therefore celebrated as Utkal Divas (Odisha Day).
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  Oxford
  Oxford () is a city, and the county town of Oxfordshire, in South East England. The city, made prominent by its medieval university, has a population of just under 165,000, with 151,000 living within the district boundary. The rivers Cherwell and Thames run through Oxford and meet south of the city centre. For a distance of some along the river, in the vicinity of Oxford, the Thames is known as The Isis.
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  Pakistan
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  Palk Strait
  Palk Straight is a strait between the Tamil Nadu state of India and the northernmost part of the island nation of Sri Lanka. It connects the Bay of Bengal in the northeast with the Palk Bay and thence with the Gulf of Mannar in the southwest. The strait is wide. Several rivers flow into it, including the Vaigai River of Tamil Nadu. The strait is named after Robert Palk, who was a governor of Madras Presidency (1755-1763) during the British Raj period.
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  Peradeniya
  Peradeniya (Sinhala:පේරදෙනිස IAST pēradeniya) is a town of about 50,000 inhabitants on the outskirts of Kandy in Sri Lanka. It is situated on the A1 main road connecting Kandy and Colombo, just a few kilometres west of Kandy.
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• Persia
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  Polonnaruwa
  The second most ancient of Sri Lanka's kingdoms,(Sinhalese - පොළොන්නරුව, Tamil - பொலனாறு) was first declared the capital city by King Vijayabahu I, who defeated the Chola invaders in 1070 CE to reunite the country once more under a local leader.
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  Portugal
  Portugal (, ), officially the Portuguese Republic (; ), is a country located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. Portugal is the westernmost country of Europe and is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the west and south and by Spain to the north and east. The Atlantic archipelagos of the Azores and Madeira are also part of Portugal.
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• Portuguese Ceylon
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  Princeton University
  Princeton University is a private research university located in Princeton, New Jersey, United States. The school is one of the eight universities of the Ivy League, and is one of the nine Colonial Colleges founded before the American Revolution.
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• Ratnapura
  Ratnapura (; ) ("City of Gems" in Sinhala and Tamil) is the name of the provincial capital of Sabaragamuwa Province of Sri Lanka and the Ratnapura District in which the town is situated. Some say the modern name is derived from the Portuguese name Rapadura for jaggery, the palm candy produced traditionally in this region, but the more common explanation in Sri Lanka is that it comes from the Sinhala "ratna" meaning gems and "pura" meaning city. Ratnapura is also spelled as Rathnapura. Located some 101 km south east of Colombo, it is the centre of a long-established industry of precious stone mining including rubies, sapphires, and other gems. Apart from gem mining, the town is known for rice and fruit cultivations. Large plantations of tea and rubber surround the town. Tea grown in this region is called low-country tea. There is a well-established tourism industry in Ratnapura. Sinharaja Forest Reserve, Udawalawe National Park, Kitulgala, and Adam's Peak are especially popular among tourists. In 1901, the town of Ratnapura had a population of 4,084, and in 2001, it had increased to 46,309. The population of the Ratnapura district was 1,008,164 in 2001, and this consisted of 86.42% Buddhists and 9.88% Hindus, with the rest of the population being Christians and Muslims.
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  Ruwanwelisaya
  The Ruwanwelisaya is a stupa in Sri Lanka, considered a marvel for its architectural qualities and sacred to many Buddhists all over the world. It was built by King Dutugemunu, who became lord of all Sri Lanka after a war in which the Chola King Elara, was defeated. It is also known as Mahathupa, Swarnamali Chaitya and Rathnamali Dagaba.
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  Seattle
  Seattle ( ) is the northernmost major city in the contiguous United States, and the largest city in the Pacific Northwest and in the state of Washington. A seaport situated on an isthmus between Puget Sound (an arm of the Pacific Ocean) and Lake Washington, about south of the Canada – United States border, it is named after Chief Sealth "Seattle", of the Duwamish and Suquamish native tribes. Seattle is the center of the Seattle–Tacoma–Bellevue metropolitan statistical area, the 15th largest in the United States, and the largest in the northwestern United States. Seattle is the county seat of King County and is the major economic, cultural and educational center in the region. , the city's population was approximately 617,000 within a metropolitan area of some 3.4 million inhabitants. The Port of Seattle and Seattle–Tacoma International Airport are major gateways to Asia, Alaska, and the rest of the world.
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  Sigiriya
  Sigiriya (Lion's rock) is an ancient rock fortress and palace ruin situated in the central Matale District of Sri Lanka, surrounded by the remains of an extensive network of gardens, reservoirs, and other structures. A popular tourist destination, Sigiriya is also renowned for its ancient paintings (frescos), which are reminiscent of the Ajanta Caves of India. The Sigiriya was built during the reign of King Kassapa I (AD 477 – 495), and it is one of the seven World Heritage Sites of Sri Lanka.
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  Soviet Union
  The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR, , abbreviated СССР, SSSR), informally known as the Soviet Union () or Soviet Russia, was a constitutionally socialist state that existed on the territory of most of the former Russian Empire in Eurasia between 1922 and 1991.
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  Tamil Eelam
  Tamil Eelam (, generally rendered outside Tamil-speaking areas as தமிழ் ஈழம,, as referred to in the south)is the name given by certain Tamil groups in Sri Lanka and the Sri Lankan Tamil diaspora to the state which they aspire to create in the north and east of Sri Lanka. Tamil Eelam has no official status or recognition by any other state or authority. The name is derived from the ancient Tamil name for Sri Lanka, Eelam.
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  Tamil Nadu
  Tamil Nadu (, ) is one of the 28 states of India. Its capital and largest city is Chennai (formerly known as Madras). Tamil Nadu lies in the southernmost part of the Indian Peninsula and is bordered by the States of Puducherry, Kerala, Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh. It is bound by the Eastern Ghats in the north, the Nilgiri, the Anamalai Hills, and Palakkad on the west, by the Bay of Bengal in the east, the Gulf of Mannar, the Palk Strait in the south east, and by the Indian Ocean in the south.
  http://wn.com/Tamil_Nadu
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  Thailand
  Thailand ( or ; Ratcha Anachak Thai, ), formerly Siam (, ), is an independent country that lies in the heart of Southeast Asia. It is bordered to the north by Burma and Laos, to the east by Laos and Cambodia, to the south by the Gulf of Thailand and Malaysia, and to the west by the Andaman Sea and the southern extremity of Burma. Its maritime boundaries include Vietnam in the Gulf of Thailand to the southeast and Indonesia and India in the Andaman Sea to the southwest.
  http://wn.com/Thailand
• Thuparamaya
  Thuparamaya is a dagaba in Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka.
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  United Kingdom
  The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK, or Britain) is a country and sovereign state located off the northwestern coast of continental Europe. It is an island nation, spanning an archipelago including Great Britain, the northeastern part of the island of Ireland, and many smaller islands. Northern Ireland is the only part of the UK with a land border with another sovereign state, sharing it with the Republic of Ireland. Apart from this land border, the UK is surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean, the North Sea, the English Channel and the Irish Sea. Great Britain is linked to continental Europe by the Channel Tunnel.
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  United States
  The United States of America (also referred to as the United States, the U.S., the USA, or America) is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its forty-eight contiguous states and Washington, D.C., the capital district, lie between the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans, bordered by Canada to the north and Mexico to the south. The state of Alaska is in the northwest of the continent, with Canada to the east and Russia to the west across the Bering Strait. The state of Hawaii is an archipelago in the mid-Pacific. The country also possesses several territories in the Caribbean and Pacific.
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  Uva Province
  The Uva Province ( Uva Palata, Uva Maakaanam) is Sri Lanka's second least populated province, with 1,187,335 people, created in 1896. It consists of two districts: Badulla බදුල්ල வதுளை and Moneragala මොනරාගල மூணார்கல். The provincial capital is Badulla. Uva is bordered by Eastern, Southern and Central provinces. Its major tourist attractions are Dunhinda falls, Diyaluma Falls, Rawana Falls, the Yala National Park (lying partly in the Southern and Eastern Provinces) and Gal Oya National Park (lying partly in the Eastern Province). The Gal Oya hills and the Central mountains are the main uplands, while the Mahaweli (Sinhalese: great-sandy) and Menik (Sinhalese: gemstone) rivers and the huge Senanayake Samudraya and Maduru Oya Reservoirs are the major waterways.
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  Virginia
  The Commonwealth of Virginia () is a U.S. state on the Atlantic Coast of the Southern United States. Virginia is nicknamed the "Old Dominion" and sometimes the "Mother of Presidents" because it is the birthplace of eight U.S. presidents. The geography and climate of the state are shaped by the Blue Ridge Mountains and the Chesapeake Bay, which provide habitat for much of its flora and fauna. The capital of the Commonwealth is Richmond; Virginia Beach is the most populous city and Fairfax County the most populous political subdivision. The state population is nearly eight million.
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  Wankhede Stadium
  The Wankhede Stadium(Marathi:सेशराव कृष्णराव वानखेडे मैदान) is a cricket stadium in the Indian city of Mumbai. This ground was built after disputes between the Cricket Club of India which owns the Brabourne Stadium, and the Mumbai Cricket Association over the allocation of tickets for cricket matches. This became severe after the Test between India and England in 1973. At the initiative of S. K. Wankhede, a politician and the secretary of the Mumbai Cricket Association, MCA built the new stadium in South Mumbai near the Churchgate station. It was built in six months and opened in time for the final Test between India and the West Indies in 1975. Since then the Wankhade stadium has taken over from Brabourne Stadium as the main cricketing venue in the city. The stadium has a capacity of 40,000 and is always in contention to host an international match in India.
  http://wn.com/Wankhede_Stadium
• Wariyapola
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• lagoons
• land bridge
• lanka
• Lankair
• Lebanon
• legislature
• leopard
• Lester James Peiris
• Liberalism
• literacy rate
• London
• Looting
• LTTE
• Lunar calendar
• Mahabharata
• Mahagama Sekara
• Mahavamsa
• Mahayana
• Mahinda
• Mahinda Rajapaksa
• mahogany
• Malay Peninsula
• Malaysia
• Maldives
• mammal
• Management
• Marxist
• Marxist-Leninist
• Maskeliya
• Matale District
• Matale Rebellion
• mathematics
• Mattala
• Mauryan
• Maya Rata
• Mayor
• McGraw-Hill
• Member of Parliament
• Mesolithic
• Mesua ferrea
• Michel Servet
• middle class
• Mihintale
• military base
• military draft
• Military history
• minority group
• monarch
• monarchy
• monsoon
• Mortality rate
• mosques
• MSN Encarta
• Mumbai
• Muslims
• Muttiah Muralitharan
• Myanmar
• Nadagam
• Nala
• Nannophrys guentheri
• Napoleonic Wars
• National Railway
• national sport
• nautical mile
• Nayaks of Madurai
• Netherlands
• New Delhi
• New Jersey
• New York
• New York Times
• NGOs
• Nidhanaya
• Non-Aligned Movement
• Norman Myers
• Nova Publishers
• nutmeg
• Nymphaea nouchali
• official language
• one man, one vote
• Ordinary Level (SL)
• Orissa
• Outline of Sri Lanka
• Oxford
• Pakistan
• Palaeolithic
• Paleolithic
• Pali
• Pali Canon
• Palk Strait
• Pallava dynasty
• Panaya Mara
• Pandya dynasty
• Pandyan
• Parakrama Pandyan II
• Parakrama Samudra
• Paranoid Earthling
• parliamentary system
• Parsi people
• Parsis
• peacock
• Peafowl
• pelican
• Penguin Books
• per capita income
• Peradeniya
• Persia
• Pidurutalagala
• Pilaya Mara
• plantation economy
• political party
• Polonnaruwa
• popular education
• Population
• porcupine
• Port of Colombo
• Port of Hambantota
• Portugal
• Portuguese Ceylon
• Portuguese Creole
• Prasanna Vithanage
• President of Russia
• presidential system
• Princeton University
• private enterprise
• private university
• privatisation
• progressivist
• proscription
• Ptolemy's world map
• public university
• Pulahatta
• purple-faced langur
• R. Premadasa Stadium
• Radio Ceylon
• rail tracks
• Rajaraja I
• Rajarata
• Rajendra I
• Rama
• Rama's Bridge
• Ramadan
• Ramayana
• Ranmuthu Duwa
• Ratnapura
• Ravana
• recession
• Red-faced Malkoha
• repatriation
• Republic
• reservoir (water)
• Reuters
• rice
• Right-wing politics
• Robert Brownrigg
• Rohan Gunaratna
• Rohana Wijeweera
• Rohitha Bogollagama
• Roman Empire
• Royal Navy
• Rt Hon
• rubber
• Rugby union
• Ruhuna
• ruling party
• Russell Mittermeier
• Ruwanwelisaya
• S.J.V. Chelvanayakam
• saltwater crocodile
• Sangamitta
• Sangha
• Sanskrit
• satellite television
• Schools of Buddhism
• scuba diving
• sea level
• seagrass
• seat of government
• Seattle
• Secondary education
• Sena and Guttika
• separatism
• serendipity
• Shafi'i
• Shaivite
• Sigiriya
• Silk Road
• Sinhala language
• Sinhala Only Act
• Sinhala people
• Sinhalese
• Sinhalese language
• Sinhalese New Year
• Sinhalese people
• Sir
• Skytrax
• sloth bear
• Smart growth
• Sokari
• soldier
• Soulbury Commission
• South Asia
• South East Asia
• South India
• Southeast Asia
• Soviet Union
• special education
• Special Task Force
• spice
• spoonbill
• sri
• Sri Lanka Air Force
• Sri Lanka Army
• Sri Lanka Junglefowl
• Sri Lanka Malay
• Sri Lanka Matha
• Sri Lanka Navy
• Sri Lankan Air Force
• Sri Lankan Army
• Sri Lankan Civil War
• Sri Lankan IDP camps
• Sri Lankan Malays
• Sri Lankan Moors
• Sri Lankan Navy
• Sri Lankan Rupee
• Sri Lankan Tamils
• SriLankan Airlines
• state enterprise
• Stigmata
• stork
• stupa
• subspecies
• sugar
• Sunil Shantha
• Sunni
• Tamil cinema
• Tamil Eelam
• Tamil language
• Tamil Nadu
• Tamil New Year
• Tamil people
• Tamil Tiger
• Tamils
• Taraki Sivaram
• Tarshish
• tea
• teak
• telecommunications
• Telugu language
• temperate
• Temple of the Tooth
• tennis
• textiles
• Thailand
• the Buddha
• The Guardian
• The New York Times
• The Sunday Leader
• Theravada
• Thuparamaya
• Time zone
• Tooth Relic
• traffic congestion
• transport network
• Treaty of Amiens
• Trincomalee
• tropical cyclone
• tropical forest
• trout
• UN
• UN Secretary General
• UNESCO
• unicameral
• unitary state
• United Kingdom
• United Nations
• United States
• universal suffrage
• University of Jaffna
• University of Ruhuna
• urban area
• utilities
• Uva Province
• vanara
• Vedda people
• Vernon Corea
• Vijaya of Sri Lanka
• Vimukthi Jayasundara
• Viperidae
• Virginia
• Vishwakarma
• volleyball
• W. D. Amaradeva
• Wankhede Stadium
• Wariyapola
• Wekande Walauwa
• welfare state
• West Asia
• Western Europe
• Whirlwind
• wild boar
• Wonders of the World
• World Bank
• World War II
• Yakshas
• Yala National Park
• Youth Leagues
• Zoroastrian

Singh, S.R. Filmography

Sr. X

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Sr. Tomate

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Sr. Tomate! | Ritmo de vida |

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Sr. Tomate! (Released 2008)

• Serenate cielo
• Sertralina
• Hormiga
• Maldito perro reptil
• Doña doctora
• Tu tumba cama
• Manías
• El control
• Adonde vas
• Mis pensamientos
• Todas las fiestas del mañana
• Ya nadie va a escuchar tu remera

Ritmo de vida (Released 2008)

• Ritmo de vida
• Salir todas las semanas
• Historias de amor
• Demasiadas veces
• Poco espacio
• Infarto
• Mente peligrosa
• La palabra macabra
• Crisis energética
• La tempestad

Sr. Narko

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Sr. T.Cee

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Sr. Chinarro

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Presidente | Ronroneando | El fuego amigo | El mundo según | El porqué de mis peinados | Sr. Chinarro | La primera ópera envasada al vacío | El ventrílocuo de sí mismo | Cobre cuanto antes | Noséqué-Nosécuántos | Compito |

Album releases

Presidente (Released 2011)

• Una llamada a la acción
• El boxeo
• Vacaciones en el mar
• La lección
• San Borondón
• Babieca
• María de las Nieves
• Fotos no
• Una frase socorrida
• El cuchillo y el pastel
• Un final feliz

Ronroneando (Released 2008)

• Los ángeles
• Tímidos
• Los amores reñidos
• Anacronismo
• La parra marchita
• El Gran Poder
• San Antonio
• El teórico
• La resistencia
• A mano
• El alfabeto Morse

El fuego amigo (Released 2007)

• Dos besugos
• Morado
• La cruz verde
• El peor poema
• Remordimientos
• El rayo verde
• El rito
• Humor amarillo
• El cuadro
• El cabo de Trafalgar
• Paso yo

El mundo según (Released 2006)

• Esplendor en la hierba
• La decoración
• Del montón
• Ni lo sé ni lo quiero pensar
• No dispares
• G.G. Penningstone
• Gitana
• El lejano oeste
• Ángela
• El mar de la tranquilidad
• Militar
• La última cena

El porqué de mis peinados (Released 2001)

• A la luz de dos velas
• Tu casa o la mía
• Miramos en la caja
• Estrenos T.V.
• Diario de Pitágoras
• Ouija
• Quiromántico
• Chauferette
• Carretera y manta
• El libro gordo de peut-être
• El tío de la cabra

Sr. Chinarro

• El collar
• Mi caracola loca
• Campanario
• Bye Bye
• Hate
• Niño helado
• Velvet Eye
• Buenos días
• Escapa amanecer
• En el panal
• Una rodillita dos
• Leave Me Alone
• Buenas noches

La primera ópera envasada al vacío

• Salem's Lot
• El recolector de sandías
• Con algas como peluca
• Ya tienes quien te planche
• Robando gusanitos
• Falta
• Merche*

El ventrílocuo de sí mismo

• Goma 2
• Tostadora On
• Los carteles
• La piña conseguida
• Me hipotecaré a -20°C
• Todo el mundo al suelo
• Smoking
• Me gusta el telón
• Marrones
• Pelillos a la mar

Cobre cuanto antes

• Han quedado níquel
• La callé mojada
• Respuestas para misses
• No vale reírse de los solos
• Con las vainas olvidadas
• Sección de telescopios
• Epilady
• Capillitas Cruz del Campo
• NH3 Light
• Plug In

Noséqué-Nosécuántos

• El idilio
• Los ídolos no comen
• Una manzana más abajo
• Informe para un barco vikingo
• Santateresa
• Club 8 que 80
• Farolillo rojo
• Un burro volando
• Pico Veleta
• Puentes de plata

Compito

• Tres pianos
• Sal de la tarta
• Peteneras
• En el arroyo del belén
• Sea lactante
• Papá matemáticas
• Pingüino emperador
• A la comba
• Su mapamundi, gracias

Sr. Xiss

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Sr. Valdez

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Corriendo en bolas | Sin pensarlo + |

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Corriendo en bolas (Released 2005)

• Hey
• Vuelcos
• Snub Snub
• No flaca no
• Intrusos
• Acéfalo
• El circo
• Exagero
• Sin pensarlo más
• Estallar
• Sólo queda Dios
• Plan B
• Valorizate

Sin pensarlo + (Released 2002)

• Casi toda la verdad
• Neo hippie New Age
• No flaca no
• Sin pensarlo mas
• Amor hueco ficción
• Mas mas mas
• Extremo norte

Sr. Nadie

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En la ciudad del aire |

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En la ciudad del aire (Released 2010)

• Ilusos en el espacio
• Me duele la cabeza
• Como una canción
• Nunca estás solo
• Un simple salto
• Dime que no
• Nudos corredizos
• Mañana por mí
• Futuro perfecto
• Neveras vacías
• No te das cuenta
• Insignificante
• Sé que te veré

Sr. Brass

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Hoy despejado |

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Hoy despejado (Released 2004)

• Nola
• La pista
• Hoy despejado
• La conquista
• Mother Fucker Drinks
• Hoa chicos
• Reggae Towers
• Ley seca
• No lo haremos
• Skalante
• Chan chan

Sr. Passageiro

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Sr. Aye

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Nocturnal Habits | Ceros y unos |

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Nocturnal Habits (Released 2009)

• Intro
• Myp
• Lemur Estilo
• Yo Maté a Benjamin Linus
• Frames
• Tropico de Tauro
• El Proceso
• 4cm
• Interludio Andaluz
• Una Noche en Nosy Mangabe V2
• Malaga 2050

Ceros y unos (Released 2005)

• Ceros y unos
• Llamada desde Urano
• Ayelogía
• Yelay
• Bucket brigade
• Zzzz
• Jerez

Sr. Cidadão

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Sr. Souza

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SR-71

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Here We Go Again | Tomorrow | Now You See Inside |

Album releases

Here We Go Again (Released 2004)

• Axl Rose
• In Your Eyes
• Gone
• 1985
• Mosquito
• Here We Go Again
• All American
• Blue Light Special Life
• 15 Minute Idol
• The One
• Everything
• Blood and Bourbon
• She Was Dead (demo)

Tomorrow (Released 2002)

• They All Fall Down
• Tomorrow
• My World
• Hello Hello
• Truth
• Goodbye
• She Was Dead
• The Best Is Yet to Come
• Broken Handed
• Lucky
• In My Mind
• Non-Toxic
• My World (acoustic version)

Now You See Inside (Released 2000)

• Politically Correct
• Right Now
• What a Mess
• Last Man on the Moon
• Empty Spaces
• Another Night Alone
• Alive
• Fame (What She's Wanting)
• Go Away
• Non-Toxic
• Paul McCartney

Sr. Zambrana

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Hechopolvo | Crónicas de un bohemio |

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Hechopolvo (Released 2008)

• Inspira, espira
• Te tengo
• Estrés (con Aniki)
• Mi morada
• Absurdo
• Demasiao pa ti (con 6mo)
• Ya saldrá... (con Almargen)
• Color
• Batalla de callos (a la marinera)
• Del Vallés a tu equipo (con Gran Pueblo)
• Otro camino
• Hechopolvo (con La Prima)
• Gracias
• Rey del hedonismo (con Inés Marín)
• Oye tú, ven aquí...

Crónicas de un bohemio (Released 2004)

• Intro
• No es difícil soñar
• Ponlo en mi radio
• Assúcar!!
• Transportándome hacia un flashback
• Soy ibérico
• Pa mis xarnegos
• Diosa del ébano
• Xuloputah
• Crónicas de un bohemio
• Rapeo pal demonio
• Monólogo
• Padre nuestro, hijo bastardo
• Esclavo de un papel y un boli
• Buscando la felicidad

Sr. Click

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Dre Sr.

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Juneteenth |

Album releases

Juneteenth (Released 2008)

• Not a Slave
• Ohh (feat. Terance Golden)
• Cross on My Back (feat. Dry Bonez Live)
• Me vs. Me, Part 1
• Worthless Purchase (feat. Peedee)
• Slave 2 You (feat. Biz & Dillon Chase)
• Resurrected
• Me vs. Me, Part 2
• Restoration (feat. Eric Ashby)
• Devoted
• So n Love (feat. Dub Jr)
• Me vs. Me, Part 3
• Die!!!
• Know You More (feat. TeRance Golden)
• Phenomenal (feat. Micah Smith)
• The Invitation
• Beat Drop (feat. Tre, Isaiah & 1-Lyfe)

Sr. Replicante

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Sr. Trepador

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Por Higien Emocional | Aforismos Invertebrados |

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Por Higien Emocional (Released 2008)

• Lo que quiero lo que soy
• Una de piratas
• Por higiene emocional
• Sin nada que perder
• Poesía secreta
• Luchando contra el temporal
• Lo que el viento se dejó
• Las olas del mar
• Mendigando amor
• El recuerdo me invade
• Agujetas en mi colchón
• Primavera en tempestad

Aforismos Invertebrados

• Sr. Trepador
• La Noche Me Resbala
• Dame Un Grito
• Lorena
• Se
• Canciones En Soledad
• Aquí Estaré
• Me Pregunto
• Volver Atrás
• Dejame Entrarte
• Semaforero
• Bonus Track