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Medagedara Karunaratne, Priyanka Virajini |
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Ranathunga, Gayathri Madubhani |
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De Silva, Sulari |
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2020-01-09T04:02:50Z |
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2020-01-09T04:02:50Z |
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2019-12-18 |
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8th South Eastern University International Arts Research Symposium -2019. 18th December 2019. South Eastern University of Sri Lanka, Oluvil, Sri Lanka. pp. 90. |
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http://ir.lib.seu.ac.lk/handle/123456789/4271 |
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dc.description.abstract |
This paper describes an ongoing research project about preservation of Kandyan traditional clothing in
the context and, its dress forms, draping methods and their current practice in context. This study
presents an up-to-date overview about preservation of Kandyan traditional clothing with the aim of
sorting and describing the main approaches developed till now. The formal definition of preserving
cultural heritage by using digital media, the literature, video documenting on traditional Kandyan
clothing which exerted in the religious bureaucracy . it seems that performing daily rituals of the
Temple of Tooth Relic and ritualistic cultural and social performances like specific processions, as well
as how well the clothing regulated in the specific social strata (elite male and female dress) with so
called guidelines will be presented. The research process focuses on visual language of methodology
of wearing traditional dress form into new-media in order to reach larger target audience. Research
design involves field surveys, on field observations, interviews and discussions to gather data and
information. A qualitative analysis of the data will be performed using the literature review and
theoretical models. The outcome of the project is to establish the potentiality of virtual new-media to
digitally preserve the tangible traditional dress form after transferring into new paradigm and create an
avenue to preserve the vernacular with their socio-cultural context the intangible cultural heritage of Sri Lanka. |
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dc.publisher |
Faculty of Arts and Culture South Eastern University of Sri Lanka. |
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dc.subject |
Traditional clothing |
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Draping |
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Cultural preservation |
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Elite dress |
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Digital preservation |
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dc.title |
Preservation of Kandyan traditional clothing (dress forms, draping methods and their usage in context) in the UNESCO world cultural heritage site Kandy in Sri Lanka |
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Article |
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