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The British Council celebrates successful culmination of Commonwealth Connections programme in Sri Lanka with two-day festival of Sport and Art The British Council marked the end of the Commonwealth Connections programme in Sri Lanka with an exciting two-day festival of Sport and Art. Held on Wednesday the 10th and Thursday the 11th of August 2022 at Ranabima Royal College, Gannoruwa, in Peradeniya, school children, members of their teaching faculty, as well as officials from the Ministry of Education and the British Council in Sri Lanka, engaged with a unique showcase of Sri Lankan culture, and also celebrated the successful completion of the year-long global initiative. A joint project by the British Council and the Birmingham Organising Committee for the 2022 Commonwealth Games, Commonwealth Connections was initiated with the goal of creating meaningful sports, arts, citizenship, and cultural connections between young people based on shared Commonwealth values. In order to achieve ...