Does your country have a Vaisakhi parade?>More than 450,000 people attend largest Vaisakhi parade outside India in Surrey
>>220841007A what now?
>>220841007What is Vaisakhi and what do they need a parade for
>>220841106>>220842284>Historically, the festival of Vaisakhi was north India’s most important annual market.[19] Although Vaisakhi began as a grain harvest festival for Hindus and its observance predates the creation of Sikhism, it gained historical association with the Sikhs following the inauguration of the Khalsa.[28][29][30]>For Sikhs, in addition to its significance as the harvest festival,[3] during which Sikhs hold kirtans, visit local gurdwaras, community fairs, hold nagar kirtan processions, raise the Nishan Sahib flag, and gather to socialize and share festive foods,[2][31][32] Vaisakhi observes major events in the history of Sikhism and the Indian subcontinent that happened in the Punjab region.[31][33] Vaisakhi as a major Sikh festival marks the birth of the Khalsa order by Guru Gobind Singh, the tenth Guru of Sikhism, on 13 April 1699.[34][35][36] Later, Ranjit Singh was proclaimed as Maharaja of the Sikh Empire on 12 April 1801 (to coincide with Vaisakhi), creating a unified political state.[37]>Vaisakhi was also the day when British Indian Army officer Reginald Dyer ordered his troops to shoot into a protesting crowd in Amritsar, an event which would come to be known the Jallianwala Bagh massacre; the massacre proved influential to the history of the Indian independence movement.[31]
