2nd Annual Sri Lanka Day Celebrated on Promenade:

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Vinaini Jayasinghe, 7, dressed as a princess in the Perahera Parade during the Sri Lanka Day festivities on the Third Street Promenade held Saturday, August 25. photo by Margaret Molloy

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