Selyn welcomes Sinhala and Tamil New Year with Avurudu pop-up

With the Sinhala and Tamil New Year just around the corner, Selyn, Sri Lanka’s only fair-trade handloom company, partners with a selection of locally based businesses to help you celebrate the New Year. 

The brands present at the Selyn pop-up would be Andrea Boekel, Tiras, Kimbula, Kumbuk and Win Lanka; offering a wide variety of locally sourced and produced items to add to the aura of Avurudu. Hosted by Selyn, the special New Year pop-up will be held on Saturday 30 March from 9.00 a.m. to 7.00 p.m. at its flagship store on 102, Fife Road, Colombo 05.  

The Selyn New Year pop-up is the perfect place to get a head start on your gifts and get an early fix on all the New Year treats with special discounts and offers. In addition to the exciting line up of all local stores, there will also be stalls for traditional Avurudu sweets and eatables made by local, experienced hands for your enjoyment. The line-up of retailers who will be at the pop-up can be found below in more detail.

Selyn will be offering a 10% discount on select garments for the Sinhala and Tamil New Year; for the season, they will be expanding their collection for ladies, gents, and children in the auspicious colours for the New Year, along with a range of household items that could take centre-stage in the decoration of the house for the festive season. Selyn houses other local and social brands that enable and empower local manufacturers from up-cycled products like coasters, to table mats and bags; to environmentally conscious products from brands such as Island Lush, Lonali, Rice and Carry, Cally, Maze, Booteek, Salvage and I am Upcycled to name a few. Selyn gives you a reason to celebrate the season with a wide variety of unique gifts on offer.



 

FT Key Take

• Bringing together a selection of locally produced brands under its flagship store this Avurudu season
• 30 March from 10 a.m to 7 p.m at Selyn – 102 Fife Road Colombo 5

Andrea Boekel, a prominent advocate of hand embroidery and Brussels lace, will have a range of timeless and stylish dresses, blouses, skirts, handkerchief sets, and batik sarees on silk for sale. Considering the painstaking procedure and long hours of work involved, the prices set for her items are more than competitive, and these gifts will surely be treasured for many years to come.Tiras, a specialist home baker, known for having some of the best cakes and other desserts in her arsenal, which leave you more than content after consumption, will have a selection of freshly made goodies for sale that will definitely add to the Avurudu cheer. Kimbula Kithula, 100% natural Southern Treacle from Matara, with no added sugar or water, will have a stand at the New Year pop-up, allowing you to purchase some of the purest pani from Sri Lanka to add to your New Year treats from kavum, uduwel and pongal. 

Wajra is all about providing high quality delicious food. They specialise in making a large variety of cakes, traditional sweets, and other short eats. Wajra Foods have not been around for very long, having started their operations in August 2018, but have built a name for themselves with the passion to create mouth-watering Sri Lankan sweets.Araliya, a home-grown brand that is now international, creating mouth-watering rice pullers such as mango chutney, seeni sambol, chili paste, brinjal pickle and ambarella chutney to name a, few to ensure your New Year table is full of your favourite treats.