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Fr. Marcelline Jayakody
Born(1902-06-03)3 June 1902
Sri Lanka
Died15 January 1998(1998-01-15) (aged 95)
NationalitySri Lankan
Other namesMalpale upan Pansale Piyathuma, Modern Gonsalvez
EducationRoman Catholic Boys' School in Madampe, St. Joseph's College, St. Aloysius Seminary, Borella
Occupation(s)Catholic priest, musician, lyricist, author, journalist and patriot

Fr. Marcelline Jayakody (Sinhala: මර්සලින් ජයකොඩි පියතුමා) (3 June 1902 ─ January 15, 1998) was a Sri Lankan Catholic priest, musician, lyricist, author, journalist[1] and an exponent of indigenous culture. He is attributed with the epithet 'පන්සලේ පියතුමා' (Pansale Piyathuma - Priest in the Temple). Ven. Dr. Ittapane Dhammalankara Thera authored a book on Jayakody's life, මල් පැලේ උපන් පන්සලේ පියතුමා, (Malpale Upan Pansale Piyathuma), which is recorded as the first book in the world by a Buddhist prelate on a Catholic priest.[2]

Passion Play of Duwa

Fr. Jayakody served as the head priest in Duwa in 1939. Duwa is the Passion Play Village of Sri Lanka.[3] Originally, the play used traditional puppets as actors. Jayakody wrote the original script for a passion play, influenced by Fr. Jacome Gonsalves, and composed new hymns to the traditional "Pasan".[4] He next introduced live male and female actors instead of puppets. Eventually there were over 250 live actors taking the place of puppets in his adaptation of Dorothy L. Sayers's The Man Born to Be King (Dukprathi Prasangaya in Sinhala).[5] The Duwa passion play was considered as the greatest passion show in Asia at that time.[6]

Awards

Footnotes

  1. ^ "Fr. Marcelline Jayakody – vibrant Catholic priest and patriot". dailynews. 2003. Archived from the original on 24 August 2003. Retrieved 3 June 2003.
  2. ^ "Fr. Marcelline Jayakody මර්සලින් ජයකොඩි පියතුමා". අපේ කට්ටිය. 21 March 2014. Retrieved 4 November 2016.
  3. ^ "Duwa is The Passion Play Village". passionplay.lankasites. Retrieved 22 March 2009.
  4. ^ "In commemoration of Rev. Fr. Marceline Jayakoddy". passionplay.lankasites. Retrieved 14 March 2009.
  5. ^ "Dabbling with mystic themes". sundayobserver. 2009. Archived from the original on 15 October 2012. Retrieved 10 May 2009.
  6. ^ "Duwa Passion play' at Bishop's". sundaytimes. 2000. Retrieved 29 March 2009.

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