Interesting Facts of Sri Lanka

SYMBOL REPRESENTS
-Formerly known as Ceylon
The Gold Buddhism.
until February 1948
-Diverse culture and known The Green The Muslims
for spirituality The Orange The Hindus
-Theravada Buddhist
The Maroon Sinhalese People
-Sri Jayawardenepura
(Administrative) The 4 Bo Leaves 4 virtues of
-Colombo (Commercial) Buddhism
- LKR (Sri Lankan Rupee) The Kastane Sword Bravery & 4
 OFFICIAL
LANGUAGES POPULATION

Sinhala Tamil English

> 21 MILLION PEOPLE

(2017)

ETHNICITY RELIGION
Religion
80.00%
80% 60.00%
60% 40.00%
40% 20.00%
20% 0.00%
0%
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dh Is H ti an
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 CUISINE

 Influences
from India, Indonesia
n and Dutch cuisines
 Rice, Coconut, Spices
 BELIEFS ECONOMY

SRI LANKAN DEVIL DANCE /

MASKS

MINING
TEA
INDUSTRY/
AGRICULTUR
E
TEXTILE &
APPAREL

TOURISM
 Geert Hofstede

 A dutch social
psychologist who did
a pioneering study of
cultures across
modern nations
 Developed a
theoretical framework
which analyzed the
relationships between
cultural beliefs and
organizational actions
 POWER
INDIVIDUALISM
DISTANCE

 High power  Low Individualism,

distance High Collectivism
 A hierarchical  More to ‘We’ than ‘I’
society, where  They appreciate
obedience to togetherness,
authority is a norm harmonious
 A society where relationships with all
around them
they are
comfortable
 employer/employee
following rules and relationships are
order from a family like
 UNCERTAINTY
MASCULINITY
AVOIDANCE

 Low Uncertainty
 Low Masculinity
Avoidance
– Feminine  A society that is able to
  Quality of life is take risks
the sign of success  Sri Lankans are more
tolerant to uncertainty
 people value and ambiguity
equality, solidarity  willingness to try
and quality in their something new or
working lives. different, innovative
products, modern
 Conflicts are
technology, business
resolved by practices
compromise and