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Lowering the national flag

25 December 2023 08:34 pm Views - {{hitsCtrl.values.hits}} 6

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Sri Lanka military personnel lower the national flag at the Galle Face Promenade at sunset. The Sri Lanka Army, Navy and Air Force take turns on the daily hoisting and lowering of the national flag, which has become a special attraction at the Galle Face Promenade. Pix by Pradeep Pathirana

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Lay person Monday, 25 December 2023 10:14 PM

Yes, we have excess forces. These type of exercise keep them occupied.

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A. C. Pereira Monday, 25 December 2023 10:45 PM

What a sad and pathetic mindset must you have to not appreciate tradition, culture and customs? This is a procedure of respect carried out in many countries with regards to national flags in prominent locations. You are just show casing your ignorance.

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diensh Monday, 25 December 2023 11:35 PM

wow what a achievement.....guess for a bankrupt country that's also a big deal...

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Vive James Tuesday, 26 December 2023 03:30 AM

They have lowered the country to the lowest level ever possible. BANKRUPTCY

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Ama Tuesday, 26 December 2023 05:48 AM

People's SUFFERING DUE TO CORRUPTION is enduring. IF POLITICIANS CANNOT RESPECT THE CONSTITIILON and continue to PLUNDER PUBLIC WEALTH, then what is the point of hoisting national flag. What is the significance of this ??

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G D P Silva Tuesday, 26 December 2023 08:37 AM

Proud nation. Two thousand five hundred years of history.....what happened??

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