{"id":814,"date":"2019-10-02T06:38:24","date_gmt":"2019-10-02T06:38:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/talesofcey.wpengine.com\/?page_id=814"},"modified":"2019-10-09T11:00:41","modified_gmt":"2019-10-09T11:00:41","slug":"a-city-of-ethnographic-diversity-colombo-and-its-suburbs","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.talesofceylon.com\/destinations\/colombo\/tales-of-colombo\/a-city-of-ethnographic-diversity-colombo-and-its-suburbs\/","title":{"rendered":"A City of Ethnographic Diversity"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>At first glance, Colombo may appear to be just like any other fast paced commercial city, but it is so much more. Colombo is a multi-cultural, multi-religious smorgasbord that is a wonderful example of harmonious living.<br \/>\nRecords of Ibn Battuta\u2019s visit during the 14th century show that Colombo was a significant city, welcoming merchants and sailors from around the world. The merchants of old did not only bring goods for trading purposes, but also their culture and ways of life too. The port city became a haven for anyone willing to experience a new life, giving birth to a diverse society that continues to grow and adapt even today.<\/p>\n<p>The various places of worship, constructed by different religious communities, tell the story of this wonderful city that has absorbed so many cultures and traditions to become the melting pot it is today.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At first glance, Colombo may appear to be just like any other fast paced commercial city, but it is so much more. Colombo is a multi-cultural, multi-religious smorgasbord that is a wonderful example of harmonious living. Records of Ibn Battuta\u2019s visit during the 14th century show that Colombo was a significant city, welcoming merchants and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"parent":573,"menu_order":5,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-814","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","entry"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.talesofceylon.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/814","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=814"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.talesofceylon.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/814\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.talesofceylon.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/573"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.talesofceylon.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=814"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}