Portuguese Creole in Sri Lanka in Performative Mode

SHIHAN DE SILVA JAYASURIYA presents her interview with Udena Wickremasooriya (son of Gerald Wickremasooriya, founder of Sooriya records) from you tube…. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zil7pncoEkM

Thuppahi also presents “the recordings that Sooriya Records in Colombo   made a few years ago for posterity. There are 4 links for the 4 songs below.”

Hemal Jayasuriya (Shihan’s husband) is on the congas, with a friend Ajith Nanayakkara playing the guitar, and her son, Johan de Silva Jayasuriya singing and myself (Shihan de Silva Jayasuriya) on the piano. 

The songs are in Sri Lanka Portuguese. https://youtu.be/m5y43oUe10Yhttps://youtu.be/4Aox4oyvBx0https://youtu.be/IJoH7IGIe90

 

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