{"id":221,"count":7,"description":"Little is it known that Sri Lanka\u2019s Muslims have made a big contribution to Sri Lanka\u2019s cultural life. They significantly influenced local culture in matters of food, dress, jewellery and pastimes, testifying to the close relations that existed between Muslims and other communities of the island, especially the Sinhalese and Tamils.\u00a0Sri Lankan Moors, descendants of Arab merchants who espoused local women, contributed in no mean measure to the island\u2019s culinary culture, attire and ornamentation while their Malay co-religionists whose ancestors hailed from Indonesia contributed not only to local cuisine, but also succeeded in introducing a couple of popular national pastimes.<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>","link":"http:\/\/muslimvoice.lk\/?cat=221","name":"Muslim Culture","slug":"muslim-culture","taxonomy":"category","parent":0,"meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/muslimvoice.lk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/categories\/221"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/muslimvoice.lk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/categories"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/muslimvoice.lk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/taxonomies\/category"}],"wp:post_type":[{"href":"http:\/\/muslimvoice.lk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fposts&categories=221"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}