[lg policy] Sri Lanka lifts unofficial ban on Tamil national anthem

[Francis Hult]

Fox News World



Sri Lanka lifts unofficial ban on Tamil national anthem



A Tamil-language version of Sri Lanka's national anthem has been sung at the country's independence ceremony, lifting an unofficial ban in another step toward post-civil war ethnic reconciliation.



School children sang the national anthem in Sinhalese, from the ethnic majority group, and the minority Tamil language at the 68th anniversary of independence from Britain on Thursday.



Full story:
http://www.foxnews.com/world/2016/02/04/sri-lanka-lifts-unofficial-ban-on-tamil-national-anthem.html
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