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SRI LANKA DOCUMENTARY ☆ birds of paradise ☆
FASTEN YOUR SEATBELTS: enjoy bewitching 'birds eye view' over the paradise island of Sri Lanka aided by the surround sound of the indian ocean. From the East Coast to the West Coast with the divine percussion of tidal waves lapping on sand and rocks creating a paradisical orchestra throughout the big trip on the small island. This is the first ever documented aerial photography trip over Sri Lanka. Featured on National Geographic, Discovery Travel & Living and many other Travel Channels.
THIS VIDEO FEATURED ON THE HOME PAGE OF YOUTUBE IN JUNE 2006 and has OVER A MILLION VIEWS ON THE WWW.
Created for the Sri Lanka Tourism Board Cluster & funded for Tsunami Relief on the island by US AID.
Writer & Creative Director: senthil kumar
Art Director: debu purkayashta
Chief Executive: thayalan bartlett @ jwt srilanka
Director Of Photography & Producer: suren de silva @ videoimage
Length: 599
Rating: 4.60 (1447 ratings)
Tags: sri lanka island tourism beach holiday National Geographic documentary travel aerial photography video Senthil Kumar JWT adventure cruise culture destination events landmark museum nature log
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Sri Lanka's Dirty War - Sri Lanka
July 2007
In the past 18 months, over 2,000 Sri Lankans have been kidnapped or murdered, allegedly by government death squads. Now Human Rights Watch is calling for aid to Sri Lanka to be withheld.
The Tamil homeland of Northern Sri Lanka is once again a war zone. The government is convinced it can crush the rebels within three years. "They only have this area left", states Brig Prasad. As well as targeting Tamil rebels, the government is accused of thousands of; "extrajudicial killings, abductions, disappearances". Most of the disappeared are ethnic Tamils. MP Mano Ganesan believes the abductions are; "a means of crushing the Tamil national struggle". The capital, Colombo, teams with police and soldiers but none of the abductors have been caught.
Length: 788
Rating: 4.10 (98 ratings)
Tags: Sri Lanka Colombo Civil War Tigers of Tamil Eelam MP Mano Ganestan
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Shadow War - Sri Lanka
April 2006
Tamil Tigers claim the government is secretly arming paramilitaries. But the government refuses to even acknowledge the paramilitaries' existence, leaving both sides poised for war.
"We have a military wing, political wing, intelligence wing", boasts Pradeeb, Head of the largest paramilitary force, the Karuna Group. Militias like his, made up of disenchanted Tigers, have vowed to take on their former colleagues, the Tamil Tigers. They're accused of working as a proxy force for the government, jeopardising the cease-fire. But the government refuses to accept their existence. "There are definitely no armed groups", states Secretary of Defence, Gotabhaya Rajapaska. However, as long as the government seems unwilling to tackle the paramilitaries problem, a return to full-scale war looks inevitable.
Length: 1388
Rating: 4.30 (16 ratings)
Tags: Shadow War Sri Lanka Paramilitary Problems Government Tamil Tigers
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Truth Tigers - Sri Lanka
27 May 2002
Blood drips off the deck; a torrent of rapid gunfire sores through the air. We are in the midst of a savage sea battle, fought by the Sea Tigers -- the maritime arm of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam.
Length: 1572
Rating: 3.80 (87 ratings)
Tags: Journeyman pictures Sri Lanka Tamil Tigers Rebels War Massacre Terrorist Asia
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Circle of Violence - Sri Lanka
Sep 2007
This moving report looks back through 30 years of bloodshed in Sri Lanka to place today's violence in its proper context. Why did the ceasefire, agreed two years ago, falter?
In 1956, an ambitious politician used the race card to be elected. He promised to make Sinhala the official language. Tamils who weren't fluent were dismissed, sparking a backlash that contributed to the emergence of the Tigers. In the war that followed, an estimated 40,000 disappeared. "We live in a country where anyone can take away another person, and nobody can do anything to stop it".
Length: 1660
Rating: 4.20 (24 ratings)
Tags: Journeyman Pictures Sri Lanka History personal violence story Tamil Tigers Conflict
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Tamils Rebel - Sri Lanka
May 1995
Sri Lanka is being torn apart by civil war as Hindu Tamils and Buddhist Senhalese clash once more. This report was filmed inside Tamil held territory and across the front line on the very day the war restarted. We travel from Anaranapuram to the town of Vavuniya, and across the front lines to the rebel held, Jaffna, where ordinary Tamils face a daily struggle. Tamil radio blares out news of the war on the streets of Jaffna. A 70 year old man flees his home, loading all his possessions onto a truck. Heavily laden civilians walk across a lagoon at night. It's watched by snipers, but is the only route open between north and south. At the Tamil headquarters women fighter 'Tigresses' train for war. "We will lay down our lives for Tamil Eelam," says one. Their willingness for martyrdom has earned the Tamil Tigers a fearsome reputation. A Tamil leader explains that inhuman treatment of Tamils caused the renewed fighting. We interview the father of one of the suicide Tamil 'Tigresses' whose attack on two Sri Lankan navy ships sparked off the fighting. She was just 22 but her tearful father speaks proudly of her sacrifice. The Tamils are determined to exert their rights and are well prepared to use force.
Length: 869
Rating: 3.80 (22 ratings)
Tags: Sri Lanka Tamil Rebel Sacrifice Hindu Buddist Senhalese
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BBC: Sri Lanka+Tamil Tigers: Evolution of the Ethnic War 1x6
BBC: Explores the causes of the Ethnic War between Tamil and Sinhalese majority in Sri Lanka.
Part 1: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t1UnhPq8Pio
Part 2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ArqcfDhHg9o
Part 3: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zvG5mPaTTj4
Part 4: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kdg8AgweIgI
Part 5: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vgVQtCiMHz4
Part 6: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S1EabzDfvIo
Length: 595
Rating: 4.80 (44 ratings)
Tags: sri lanka tamil tigers ltte srilanka ethnic war sinhalese tamils bbc hostspot news video
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Island of Blood: Frontline Reports from Sri Lanka
Former CNN South Asian Bureau Chief Anita Pratap discusses the political flashpoints in the region. Pratap reaches beyond the headlines to plumb the tragedy and despair that are the consequences of racial and historical prejudice, religious and sexual discrimination, and political and social repression. [11/2003] [Public Affairs] [Humanities] [Show ID: 8313]
Length: 5163
Rating: 4.60 (11 ratings)
Tags: Sri Lanka South Asia International politics
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Buddhism and its historical monuments in Sri Lanka ( ශ්රී ලංකා ඓතිහාසික බෞද්ධ සංස්කෘතිය හා කලාව / இலங்கை பெளத்த மத கலையும் கலாச்சாரமும் )
The Sinhalese arrived in Sri Lanka late in the 6th century B.C., probably from northern India. Buddhism was introduced beginning in about the mid-third century B.C., and a great civilization developed at the cities of Anuradhapura (kingdom from circa 200 B.C. to circa A.D. 1000) and Polonnaruwa (from about 1070 to 1200). In the 14th century,2006(Ethnic groups:Sinhalese 83.8%, Sri Lankan Moors 7.2%, Indian Tamil 4.6%, Sri Lankan Tamil 3.9%, other 0.5%, unspecified 10% (2001 census provisional data/Religions:Buddhist 79.1%, Muslim 7.6%, Hindu 7.1%, Christian 6.2%, unspecified 10% (2006 census provisional data)/
Length: 564
Rating: 4.70 (96 ratings)
Tags: Beauty Sri lanka srilanka lankan srilankan sigiriya Ceylon Sinhalese sinhala tamil tigers ltte eelam prabaharan jaffna colombo kandy terrorist sla galle nuwaraeliya katharagama kandalama beach hotel travel Buddhist monks temple Bhikkhu budu bana ANURADAPURAYA network TV mihinthale mountain sri Pada Adam's Peak trip yala udawalawa animel Leppard Elephant Orphanage Pinnawela japan koria dubai mathara kaluthara Catholic church teach english help poor kids Jesus madhu polonnaruwa
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