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Jaffna: The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) are now on a quest for a catchy national anthem.
The Tigers fought for two decades against the Sri Lankan government in a war that left over 64,000 dead until a cease-fire in 2002 left them running their own courts, bank, law school, police, customs department and tax system in areas they control.
"Those who engage themselves in writing the Tamil National Anthem should give life and energy great importance so as to express the greatness, the glory and the resources of the Tamil homeland," the Tigers said in an appeal on Friday.
It should contain 18 lines and should be catchy, lively and in pure Tamil, they say.
The Tigers, who say they want contributions from Tamils both in Sri Lanka and abroad circulated the statement to media offices in the government-controlled north and east.
This includes the largest northern town, Jaffna, as well as on pro-rebel website www.tamilnet.com.
The Tigers currently have no anthem, usually falling back on the tune -Look the Flag is Rising which is played when their flag is raised.
"The national anthem should include the price paid by our generation towards the achievement of our homeland so that the words should live forever in the memory of future generations," the statement said.
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