{"id":140010,"date":"2020-05-21T13:35:01","date_gmt":"2020-05-21T06:35:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.diethelmtravel.com\/?p=140010"},"modified":"2020-05-21T13:35:01","modified_gmt":"2020-05-21T06:35:01","slug":"sounds-of-sri-lanka","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dth.travel\/de\/sounds-of-sri-lanka\/","title":{"rendered":"sounds of Sri Lanka"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Featuring vibrant beats, the sounds and music of Sri Lanka are always catchy. Get to know some of the island nation\u2019s most popular musical acts below!<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<h4><strong>Bathiya &amp; Santhush<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>Since 1998, the Sri Lankan pop duo Bathiya &amp; Santhush (also known as\u00a0BNS) have been one of the country\u2019s largest and most loved musical acts. Boasting more than 50 number one hit singles, six platinum albums, countless film soundtracks and more, the pair is known throughout the South Asia music scene. For a lively listen, play the upbeat hit, \u201cNeththara.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"Neththara - Kasthuri Suwandaki (Live) - Bathiya &amp; Santhush with Umaria\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/BWqyUszAXhw?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<h4><strong>Iraj<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>Sinhalese R&amp;B and hip hop artist and music producer Iraj climbed to the top of the island\u2019s music industry with an impressive string of number one singles, a consecutive series of top ten hits, number one self-titled debut album more. To get a sense of his most popular songs, listen classic Iraj here:<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"Iraj Old Hit Songs 1 Hour 20 Minutes\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/IlQG6dzAioY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4><strong>Costa <\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>From Sri Lanka\u2019s hill capital of Kandy and now living in Finland, Costa came onto the music scene in 2016 and quickly became a popular fixture in Sri Lanka\u2019s Sinhala and English hip hop\/rap music community thanks to his hard-hitting beats and appealing melodies. Check out \u201cNuwara Machang\u00a0<em>(The Town).\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"Costa - Nuwara Machan \u0db1\u0dd4\u0dc0\u0dbb \u0db8\u0da0\u0db1\u0dca (Official Music video)\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/1CBp2vAdVHw?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Featuring vibrant beats, the sounds and music of Sri Lanka are always catchy. Get to know some of the island nation\u2019s most popular musical acts below! \u00a0 Bathiya &amp; Santhush Since 1998, the Sri Lankan pop duo Bathiya &amp; Santhush (also known as\u00a0BNS) have been one of the country\u2019s largest and most loved musical acts. 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Check out \u201cNuwara Machang\u00a0(The Town).\u201d &nbsp;<\/p>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":140013,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1828],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-140010","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>sounds of Sri Lanka - DTH Travel<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/dth.travel\/de\/sounds-of-sri-lanka\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"de_DE\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"sounds of Sri Lanka - DTH Travel\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Featuring vibrant beats, the sounds and music of Sri Lanka are always catchy. 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