Mullivaikkal kanji was distributed outside Theravil Thuyilum Illam today to remember the victims of the Tamil genocide.
Local residents drank kanji and lit candles to honour the memory of the Tamils who were trapped and subjected to heavy shelling in the Sri Lankan government designated 'No Fire Zones' in 2009.
May 18 will mark 16 years since the end of the armed conflict, which saw the killing of 169,796 Tamil people by the Sri Lankan military.
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