Sri Lankan Sinhalese Buddhists

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Sri_Lankan_Sinhalese_Buddhists

GPTKB entity

Statements (55)

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:ethnic_group
gptkbp:carries	gptkb:Mahinda_Thera
gptkbp:country	gptkb:Sri_Lanka
gptkbp:culturalPractice	gptkb:Vesak_festival gptkb:Perahera gptkb:Poson_festival
gptkbp:ethnicity	gptkb:Sinhalese
gptkbp:festival	gptkb:Vesak gptkb:Esala_Perahera gptkb:Poson
gptkbp:firstBuddhismArrival	3rd century BCE
gptkbp:historicalSignificance	gptkb:Polonnaruwa_Kingdom gptkb:Anuradhapura_Kingdom
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Sri Lankan Sinhalese Buddhists
gptkbp:language	gptkb:Sinhala
gptkbp:notablePerson	gptkb:Dutugemunu gptkb:Anagarika_Dharmapala gptkb:Venerable_Wariyapola_Sri_Sumangala_Thero gptkb:Walisinghe_Harischandra gptkb:Migettuwatte_Gunananda_Thera
gptkbp:notableSite	gptkb:Kelaniya_Raja_Maha_Vihara gptkb:Temple_of_the_Tooth gptkb:Dambulla_Cave_Temple gptkb:Ruwanwelisaya gptkb:Sri_Maha_Bodhi
gptkbp:originatedIn	gptkb:Indo-Aryan_migration
gptkbp:percentageOfSriLankanPopulation	about 70%
gptkbp:populationMajorityIn	gptkb:Sri_Lanka
gptkbp:relatedGroup	gptkb:Buddhism gptkb:Sinhalese gptkb:Sri_Lankan_Buddhists
gptkbp:religion	gptkb:Buddhism gptkb:Sri_Lanka
gptkbp:religiousOrder	gptkb:Amarapura_Nikaya gptkb:Ramanna_Nikaya gptkb:Siam_Nikaya
gptkbp:sacredRelic	gptkb:Relic_of_the_tooth_of_the_Buddha
gptkbp:scripture	gptkb:Pali gptkb:Tripitaka gptkb:Sinhala gptkb:Mahavamsa gptkb:Culavamsa gptkb:Dipavamsa Buddhist scripture
gptkbp:tradition	gptkb:Theravada_Buddhism
gptkbp:traditionalDance	gptkb:Low_country_dance gptkb:Sabaragamuwa_dance gptkb:Kandyan_dance
gptkbp:traditionalDress	gptkb:Osariya
gptkbp:traditionalFood	gptkb:Kokis gptkb:Kavum Kiribath
gptkbp:traditionalMusic	gptkb:Hevisi_drums
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Lord_Murugan
gptkbp:bfsLayer	6