Sri Lankan Greeting - 'Ayubowan'
- May You Be Blessed With A Long Life
'Ayubowan' is the traditional Sri Lankan gentle welcome and sign of respect.
The greeting is accompanied by the palms placed together and slight bow.
Where tourism and international business is important, hotels, restaurants
and main tourist attractions you may be greeted with 'Ayubowan', but to be honest
we only heard it a few times.
Hello sir or madam seems to be the more usual Sri Lankan greeting.
We apologise for the repetition of some place or proper names with different
spellings, but there is no definitive spelling translation of these words.
We welcome reviews of any Sri Lanka resorts, hotels or visitor attractions.
Please see our contributing writer's guidelines.
JeGraNet.com statement - 15 October 2008 - Quote from the British Foreign
and Commonwealth Office website: "There is a high threat from terrorism in Sri
Lanka. Fatal attacks have become more frequent. They have occurred in Colombo
and throughout Sri Lanka, including places frequented by expatriate and foreign
travellers. Further attacks may occur at any time. There is an increasing risk
of British nationals being caught up in an attack". As independent travellers
we left Colombo after just 9 days into our planned 6 month stay as a result of
a feeling of insecurity, however we are sure that 'package tour' travellers to
tourist resorts will probably enjoy a worry free holiday. |
