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    Architecture, colour and religion
    Sagara, JAS; Dayaratne, R; Gunaratne, R
    In Latin religion is spelt as re-ligare and means a re-link (with God); that is our communication between human and the super human or sacred or simply God. Ritual is the primary means that makes communication possible between humans and the powers beyond immediate human life – the transcendent. Signs and symbols are used to express his feelings and emotions; thus act as the media for communication. The great symbols in religion are the natural expressions of human thought. Herbert YPMA claims that, colour is one of the oldest forms of communication known, and we are attracted to it like magpies to a shiny object. Colour is simple and pure. Therefore colour symbolism too predominates as a universal pattern, and integral link between man and his ritual, a sociological coding which guides his life all the way, a powerful presence, which can never be ignored. Colour resonates like a raga, musical note, creating mood nuances appropriate to the occasion, causing man to link colour with ritual, laying down certain laws as it were, in the colour vocabulary, to bring the discipline necessary for each occasion. In other words, colour plays an important part in the relationship of men socially. Colour symbolizes deep emotions of humanity and belief is universal. Although colour is a basic and vital aspect, which is lacking in our built environment today, it has been much ignored, misunderstood, misused, or not exploited to its full potential. This study looks in to investigate how color said to be religiously symbolic rather than universally symbolic and how color is generated, nurtured and articulated in the built environment.
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    Process of causing influences on fashion of costumes
    Ranathunga, GM; De Silva, Nimal
    Textile industry in Sri Lanka makes a massive contribution to her economy. As it is largely compromised of ready-made garment productions, fashion designing, the essential component that plays a pivotal role in the industry, deserves a careful and comprehensive study. Creating new fashions is the key to the product development in the textile industry. A new creation would not simply become a fashion unless it conforms to some underlying theories which are expected to be brought to light through this research. Using the Grounded Theory Methodology it attempts to analyse some aspects of its spectrum, such as ‘how a fashion influences the wearer’, ‘what makes a fashion popular’ and ‘what psychological, economical and social forces give rise to new trends and creations’. Several such theories have been ascertained and the possibility of their modification as to the practicability in the future application to the product development of the fashion industry has been discussed. The apex assertion of this exploration is that, ‘The adaptation of costumes in Sri Lanka is not oriented towards environment but to the task expected with the dress’ This fact should be taken into consideration in future development planning in fashion industry of Sri Lanka.