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sikh parade - twirling
Martial arts are a strong part of Sikhism
We heard bagpipes when eating our sunday dinner and went outside to find a parade of Sikh people walking down stapleton road. They handed out some leaflets detailing what is was all about. They were celebrating the festival of Vasakhi, which appears to be sort of the founding of their religion the anniversary on the founding of the Khalsa when the rules of Sikhism were made; e.g. wearing a turban, not cutting their hair, carrying the 5 symbols etc. Like Passover and Easter it celebrates spring, goodwill and new beginnings.
There is some more info on Vasakhi on the Bristol Sikh Temple website www.bristolsikhtemple.co.uk/
sikh parade - twirling
Martial arts are a strong part of Sikhism
We heard bagpipes when eating our sunday dinner and went outside to find a parade of Sikh people walking down stapleton road. They handed out some leaflets detailing what is was all about. They were celebrating the festival of Vasakhi, which appears to be sort of the founding of their religion the anniversary on the founding of the Khalsa when the rules of Sikhism were made; e.g. wearing a turban, not cutting their hair, carrying the 5 symbols etc. Like Passover and Easter it celebrates spring, goodwill and new beginnings.
There is some more info on Vasakhi on the Bristol Sikh Temple website www.bristolsikhtemple.co.uk/