斯里兰卡官员说,占星术使得该国20年来的第一次人口普查被迫改期,因为原定的普查日期被认为是今年最宜婚嫁的日子。据他们说,有许多人准备在7月18号那天举行婚礼,使得原定在同日进行的人口普查几乎不可能完成,普查因此提前了一天。人口普查局局长 W.纳那雅卡拉说:“因为那天是今年最吉利的一天,所有酒店都已被预订以作婚礼之用。我们的职员 Sri Lankan officials said that astrology forced the country’s first census in 20 years to reschedule because the original census date was considered the most suitable marriage this year. According to them, a large number of people are prepared to hold a wedding on the 18th of July, making it almost impossible for the census to be conducted on the same day, so the census came one day earlier. Census Bureau Director W. Nayanya Kara said: ”Because that day was the luckiest day of the year, all hotels were booked for weddings." Our staff