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Vaisakhi Snippets
Gravesend streets witness Khalsa
colors
GRAVESEND:
Thousands of Sikhs paraded through Gravesend town centre last
Saturday (April 18) to celebrate the Sikh festival of Vaisakhi.
Around 8,000 people joined the Nagar Kirtan which began at the Guru
Nanak Darbar Gurdwara in Clarence Place at 11.30am.
With the sun
shining brightly overhead, the procession passed the new Gurdwara
site in Khalsa Avenue and went through the town centre before ending
back in
Clarence Place
at around 2.30pm.
Prayers were
said from a stage built outside the new Gurdwara followed by
speeches by invited dignitaries. Gurdwara committee member Jagdev
Singh Virdee said: “The festival was a real success that was enjoyed
by everyone. The festival has evolved so it is now not only a
special event for the Sikh community but is also a festival for
everyone in Gravesham to watch and take part in.”
Coventry prepares for Nagar
Kirtan
COVENTRY:
Thousands of Sikhs are to parade in colourful floats to celebrate
their new year and the founding of the religion’s brotherhood – the
Khalsa.
This year’s
procession, which will wind through several streets on Sunday, will
be based on the Sikh values of honouring family and community.
To tie in with
this, the event will include, for the first time, a float from the
local gurdwara’s youth football team – featuring more than 100
youngsters.
The parade, or
Nagar Kirtan, will start with a donation ceremony where a number of
local charities will receive donations collected by members of the
Gurdwara Guru Nanak Prakash (GGNP), in Harnall Lane.
The cash has
been collected from locals as part of their religious duty to earn
an honest living while contributing positively to the community.
Sikhs mark Vaisakhi in Selma
SELMA: Hundreds
of Sikhs filed onto Highland Avenue in this Fresno County town to
begin a 3.5-mile goodwill procession. The Nagar Kirtan procession
started and ended Sunday at the Sikh Center of Pacific Coast, where
more than 5,000 people attended the annual Vaisakhi festival
celebrating the harvest season in Punjab, the Sikhs' new year, and
the anniversary of the baptized Sikh community known as Khalsa. The
central San Joaquin Valley is home to about 30,000 Sikhs and 10 Sikh
gurdwaras.
Caruthers
Punjabi
School
of the Pacific Coast Diwan Khalsa Society will celebrate Vaisakho on
Sunday.
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April 2009
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