{"id":3995,"date":"2020-01-29T08:57:45","date_gmt":"2020-01-29T08:57:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.talesofceylon.com\/?page_id=3995"},"modified":"2020-01-30T08:18:47","modified_gmt":"2020-01-30T08:18:47","slug":"fate-of-angampora-defending-a-nation","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.talesofceylon.com\/tales-of-ceylon\/tales-of-angampora\/fate-of-angampora-defending-a-nation\/","title":{"rendered":"Fate of Angampora &#8211; Defending a Nation"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"padding: 56.25% 0 0 0; position: relative;\"><iframe style=\"position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%;\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/388160532?color=ffffff\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><script src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/api\/player.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>The country\u2019s past has been marked by major battles, where brave native warriors fought a variety of invading forces and defended the land and its people.<\/strong><br \/>\nAncient chronicles such as the Mahavamsa, Thupavamsa, Rajavaliya, Dipavamsa, Ramayana, and more recent accounts of incidents that took place in colonial Sri Lanka, indicate that Angampora combat techniques were one of the key reasons for the success of the local warriors in battle.<br \/>\nThe popular belief is that Angampora was a martial art originally developed by early humans who inhabited the island to protect their territories from outside forces and predators. It is believed to have eventually become a form of combat utilized by the ancient kings, their armies and independent warriors to defend the sovereignty of the nation. We\u2019ve explored some of the key battles fought using Angampora tactics below.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; The country\u2019s past has been marked by major battles, where brave native warriors fought a variety of invading forces and defended the land and its people. Ancient chronicles such as the Mahavamsa, Thupavamsa, Rajavaliya, Dipavamsa, Ramayana, and more recent accounts of incidents that took place in colonial Sri Lanka, indicate that Angampora combat techniques [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"parent":3989,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-3995","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","entry"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.talesofceylon.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3995","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.talesofceylon.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.talesofceylon.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.talesofceylon.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.talesofceylon.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3995"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.talesofceylon.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3995\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.talesofceylon.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3989"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.talesofceylon.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3995"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}