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Article: The art of Richard Gabriel
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- The Sunday Observer
- Article date:
- November 8, 2009
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Sri Lanka, Nov. 8 -- For over a period of some 450 years, Sri Lanka was under the influence of several western cultures. Much evidence of that experience still remains. It is to be seen, for instance, in the well-known Roman Catholic Church, the heritage of the Portuguese (1505-1656), An elite group of towns folk known as the Burgers who sprang from Dutch colonial servants who stayed on after their masters left the island.
While the British set up commercial and administrative institutions during their rule they gave birth to an English speaking, and English educated people to work in public office and private firms. This process at work created a new class of intellectuals familiar with ...