found: Work cat.: 2004314653: Perērā, Ār.S. 1505 siṭa ada dakvā bayilā kalāva, 2004.
found: Grove music online WWW site, July 18, 2006(under Sri Lanka, Popular music: Bailā is a popular music and dance genre with probable roots in Afro-Portuguese performance traditions in Sri Lanka. Whether amplified or acoustic, bailā music characteristically uses instrumental combinations that include the banjo or mandolin, violin, guitar, rabāna (hand-held frame drum), and a pair of congas. When it involves a solo singer and a chorus, it is known as chorus bailā, a genre brought into prominence via radio by Wally Bastiansz (1913-85). Vāde ("debate") bailā, less common than chorus bailā, calls on performers to extemporize on themes and melodies set by a panel of judges or by the audience)
found: Garland encyc. world mus.:v. 5, p. 976 (bailā (also bayala): popular Sinhalese music and dance genre in Sri Lanka incorporating Portuguese rhythms)
found: White, D. Dict. pop. mus. styles world(under Sri Lanka: baila: fast modern dance music accompanied by electric guitar, bass, drums, etc.; updated form of "kaffrinna" music; from the Portuguese word for "dance")
