Talk:Sinhalese people
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[edit] Holidays
Hey,
I don't think it makes sense to have a "Major Holidays" section that includes Hindu, Muslim and Christian holidays which mostly do not have anything to do with traditional Sinhala culture, but are applicable to modern Sri Lanka and its multi-ethnic population as a whole.
Cheers and Ayubovan, Krankman (talk) 23:44, 16 January 2010 (UTC)
- I agree. These are the holidays celebrated in Sri Lanka by many different ethnic groups. Not just the Sinhalese. No other Sri Lankan ethnic group page has a major holiday section. I don't see why it is necessary here.Wikinpg (talk) 17:45, 27 January 2010 (UTC)
[edit] Holidays, prehistory and empty sections
I deleted the following pre-history entry:
Legendary accounts recorded in the Indian epic saga, the Sanskritic Ramayana, discuss mythic tales of deities battling over the fate of the ancient island of Lanka (presumably modern Sri Lanka), including that of the legendary King Raavana. The name of the island and its various peoples are often traced to the people and places named in the saga, or their supposed analogues.
This entry doesn't describe the pre-history of the sinhalese people. It just talks about the Ramayana. This isn't an article on Sri Lankan mythology. In fact the Sinhalese identity didn't even existed during the iron and bronze age. So there can't be a prehistory section on the Sinhalese.
I removed the holidays section. Out of the 19 wikipedia articles on specific ethnic groups in India. Only one mentions holidays. And that page just gives a list of Hindu celebrations. This is an article about the sinhalese people. There is no such thing as a sinhalese specific holiday. A Sinhalese person can be muslim, christian, buddhist etc. Sri lankan holidays are not the same as sinhalese holidays, as people of all different ethnicities can celebrate them. Buddhist holidays are not Sinhalese holidays, as not all Sinhalese are buddhist.
I deleted the empty sections. They have been empty for more than a year. The architecture, Medieval history, Sport section etc. have all definitely been empty for more than a year. As I've checked. There's no point adding titles if no one is going to contribute to them. Wikinpg (talk) 22:44, 2 March 2010 (UTC)
[edit] Citations are needed for this article
Sections without citations:
- Origin of name
- Diaspora
Sections without sufficient citations:
- Ancient History
- Modern History
- Culture
- Literature
- Dress
There are also claims in every sections which require citations. Wikinpg (talk) 13:35, 9 March 2010 (UTC)
[edit] Overseas Population Figure
The overseas population figure here is way too high and I think these figures are added mistakenly as they represent the Sri Lankan population of a certain country not Sinhalese. Majority of overseas Sri Lankans are Tamil not Sinhalese. For example according to this [1] Sinhalese speaking population is 29055 but the Sri Lankan born population is 62255 2.102.3.141 (talk) 02:56, 5 September 2011 (UTC)
[edit] Split summary
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Text from Sinhalese people was copied into Genetic studies on Sinhalese with this edit. Sinhalese people now serves to provide attribution for that content in Genetic studies on Sinhalese and must not be deleted so long as Genetic studies on Sinhalese exists. For attribution and to access older versions of the copied text, please see this history. |
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