The song, "Etha Epita Dura Akase", written by Karunarathne Abeysekara for Mallawarachchi, is dedicated to his wife Swarna. The couple had four children: Ranil, Harshini, Nadija, and Tharaka. On December 23, 1973, he married Swarnamala Malathi Panangala. After completing his education, he got his first job as a bill clerk at the Welikada Co-operative and later worked as a cashier at the Nawaloka business. He completed his education at Ananda Sastralaya, Kotte. He lost his father at an early age, where he was a courageous child who struggled to win the battle of life with his mother in the midst of many hardships during his school days. His father was Upasena Mallawarachchi and mother was Agnes Wickramarachchi. It's been 15 month since the last camp and we're all hanging out to be back in the bush, running wild.Mallawarachchi was born on 7 April 1944 in Kotte, Colombo, Sri Lanka as the only child in the family. I can't wait to take one away with me next week when we go camping again with the Firekeepers' community. This being the impromptu weekend of craft, I finally made them into books. I did bind one back in February to give to a friend's daughter for her birthday but the rest have been waiting for me to get around to them. So all that happened last year and the books have been sitting on my desk ever since. I really don't know why I hadn't thought of it earlier.
I wanted to use some gorgeous paper for the covers and I had the brainwave of eco-dying the paper. I love making more than one of something. And being me, I decided to make a few (five actually) while I was at it.
That songbook was left with a good friend when I went to visit her so I needed to make a new copy. I printed out a copy of the songbook and bound it using some brown coloured cardboard I bought. I can't read music so being able to hear a song is the way I learn it. I also included links to audio recording where I could so anyone who reads the songbook can learn any of the songs that appeal to them. I had a lot of fun tracking down the origins of the songs, finding their creators and the original lyrics. Some of the songs were even learnt in online sessions when I hosted song circles with my ten year old daughter. Last year during lockdown I compiled a collection of songs that I learnt to sing at Firekeepers' events in and around Melbourne.
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