Wish you a happy Sinhala and Tamil New Year

Laksala extends its sincere greetings and best wishes to the Sinhala and Tamil community to mark the Sinhala and Hindu New Year a meaningful and fruitful one. Sri Lanka is a multi religious and multinational country where all communities live with amity and unity. This New Year is the national and cultural festival of the people in Sri Lanka.

The dawn of New Year is the most powerful cultural festival which unites all Sri Lankans. This is the season where people enjoy traditional merrymaking ignoring ethnic differences. The New Year binds with the traditional customs which blooms interrelations, family relationships and friendships. Let us all get together and join hands in order to strengthen and uplift our country. Laksala wishes you a healthy, peaceful, and prosperous new year.

Laksala celebrates Sinhala and Tamil New Year

Sinhala and Tamil New Year is around the corner. Girls on Thummulla Laksala premises are beating raban (traditional drum) rhythmically these days. Every beat, that they play, is associated with a particular poetry or raban pada. The New Year celebrations are incomplete without a traditional raban. Therefore, playing raban by women who dressed in redde and hatte (cloth and jacket) gains significance in the New Year celebrations.

Hundreds of foreign customers are visiting Lakasala flagship store at Thummulla, Colombo 07 in this festive season and some of them have never seen “playing raban in this season” in Sri Lanka.

Laksala supports mentally handicapped people

A Japanese customer bought floor mats
given by Self-Help Sri Lanka 

Laksala, the state run-handicrafts emporium in Sri Lanka, has joined hand with Self-Help Sri Lanka to support mentally handicapped people in Sri Lanka under its CSR (Cooperate Social Responsibility) Project. Accordingly, handmade products made by mentally handicapped people are sold at Laksala, Thummulla and Museum showrooms, Colombo 07. The management at Laksala has given priority to display above products in an eye-catching area within showrooms.

Ms. Ridmi Weliwapathirana
Founder and Managing Partner

Self- Help Sri Lanka is an organization to help mentally handicapped & poverty-stricken people to achieve financial independence. In a special interview with Laksala, Ms. Ridmi Weliwapathirana, founder and managing partner of Self Help Sri Lanka said” our mission is to help mentally handicapped & poverty-stricken people to achieve financial independence by acting as a portal to reach global market, promote & build a market for their handmade products and  increase living standards & social recognition of mentally handicapped people”

“We help mentally handicapped people to achieve independence by acting as an intermediary to promote and sell their handmade products. There are hundreds of people around the country battling with mental health issues and trying to gain social recognition. We act as a portal for them to reach local and international markets. We express our gratitude to Laksala for selling handmade products done by these people”  Ms. Weliwapathirana further added.

Laksala Museum was crowded with over 2000 tourists

The ‘National Museum Gallery Café "the state-of-the-art showroom" which is located in the Colombo Museum, welcomed more than 2000 tourists of MSC Magnifica cruise ship came by 52 buses yesterday (09th). MSC Passengers arrived in Museum showroom from 9.30 am to 3.30pm on a special bus service operated from the Port of Colombo.

They were impressed by the quality of the products on sale such as Gem & Jewellery, Textile (Handloom and Batik), Tea, Wood Carving, SPA, Spices and Leather at Laksala and the craftsmanship displayed by skilful local artisans in carving intricate and delicate designs into artefacts. These visitors had a perfect opportunity to experience arts and crafts under one roof while their short tour in Colombo.

MSC Magnifica , which has been operated by MSC Cruise, is the eleventh ship in the cruise line’s fleet and the fourth Panamax cruise vessel in its Musica class. It is worth around US 550m and built by STX Europe. The ship is a sister ship to the MSC Musica, MSC Orchestra and MSC Poesia. The Magnifica was delivered on 25 February 2010 and started its maiden voyage in March in the same year. The Magnifica has 1,259 passenger cabins. The ship can accommodate 2,518 passengers and 1,027 crew members. The 93.330t cruise ship is 294m long, 32m wide, 59.6m high and complies with the Panama canal standard. It can sail at a maximum speed of 23kt.

Indian Defence Secretary’s wife visits Laksala

 Mrs. Mitra asks Assistant Manager Mr. Rumesh
Karunasoma about a decorated wooden elephant 

Mrs.  Anuradha  Mitra, the wife of Indian Defence Secretary Mr. Shi Sanjay Mitra, visited Laksala at Thummulla this morning (08th) during her short visit in Sri Lanka. She walked around the showroom and was delighted with handicrafts products on display. Mrs. Mitra was pleased with Laksala’s ambition to support handicraftsmen in Sri Lanka.

Diplomats, both local and foreign dignitaries and high profile figures always visit Laksala frequently to see the most genuine and traditional handicrafts in Sri Lanka as Laksala plays an important role of fostering the arts and crafts of the island nationally.

Laksala is at the “Colombo Shopping Festival 2019"

Laksala stall AC5 in Hall A is open yesterday (06th) at the “ 29th Colombo Shopping Festival”, the premier shopping festival which is held between the 6th – 11th of April 2019 at the BMICH.

A wide selection of high-quality batiks and handlooms for men, women and children are on sale with special Sinhala and New Year discounts. Those who visit Laksala stall will receive exclusive discount coupons which can be used at Laksala Thummulla showroom. Please do not miss out this opportunity.  

A 25% price reduction in Gem & Jewellery

Laksala together with the Ministry of Industry and Commerce felicitate government employees a 25% price deduction for Gem % Jewellery as a token of appreciation in this Sinhala and Hindu New Year. Accordingly, this exclusive offer is presented to every employee in the government sector in recognition of their dedicated service.
 
If you work for the government, then Laksala requires you to prove that you work as government employees to take advantage of this price deduction. In many cases, your national ID card or a letter from the head of your department confirming your employment is sufficient.  It is your responsibility to substantiate your status as a public-sector worker. If you cannot provide proof, you cannot qualify for this offer which is valid till 30th this month. You could visit 12 Laksala showrooms located throughout the country to claim the above appreciation.