Sri Lanka plans politically correct names for Avurudu games

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ECONOMYNEXT – Names of traditional New Year games which are considered to denigrate disabled people will be renamed with more acceptable labels, State Minister of Social Empowerment Anupa Pasqual said.

One of the games is kana mutti, where a blind-folded person tries to smash a hanging clay pot with a club. Kana is an impolite term for a blind person.

“I want to name it wasana mutti,” Minister Pasqual said.

The traditional new year is a solar festival celebrated by Sri Lanka’s sinhala and tamil communities.

It is celebrated in India and former territories of the Chola Empire including Sri Lanka (avurudu), and Thailand (sonkram).

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[[{“value”:” ECONOMYNEXT – Names of traditional New Year games which are considered to denigrate disabled people will be renamed with more acceptable labels, State Minister…

[[{“value”:” ECONOMYNEXT – Names of traditional New Year games which are considered to denigrate disabled people will be renamed with more acceptable labels, State Minister…