Baisakhi Celebrations at Seattle (Renton)

Baisakhi Celebrations Apr 2007 at Seattle (Renton)


Baisakhi Festival is celebrated with immense gusto and enthusiasm in Punjab and Haryana. People have different style of celebrating the vibrant festival of Vaisakhi and so does the idea and thought of celebrating the same is different.

Baisakhi in US:
Baisakhi celebrations begin a day before the festival in US. Early morning Sikh families arrive with grocery bags to begin for langar preparations at nearby Gurudwara. Baisakhi celebrations at the Sikh Gurudwara of Greater Chicago is a much watched out scene. Thousands of people come to the gurudwara to celebrate Biasakhi with other Sikhs. People are seen in colorful new clothes. Everyone wishes to relish the great langar at the Gurudwara as it is considered very auspicious.

The whole day is spent in listening to the religious hymns and kirtan for which specially trained ragis are called from Punjab. People who have gathered at the gurudwara to celebrate Baisakhi eagerly await for the raising of the Nishan Sahib, the Sikh Flag. The flagpole is washed and a new flag is installed. When the new Nishan Sahib is raised Sikh together shout the slogan "Jo Bole So Nihal, Sat Sri Akal"

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• Baisakhi
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• 2007
• Seattle
• Renton
• Amritpal
• Singh

[ankubabu]

Superb. It is such a wonderful feeling to see your culture in some other country.

[amritpalsingh]

Thanks Ankush, ya it really feels great to see your own people making efforts to keep the culture alive even far away from your home land.

[ss3ss3ss3ss3ss3]

man i was there at this programm i live in america just for 4 months and then I go back to india and now i live in switzerland with my family ......i miss renton Gurudwara and all friends RAJA...SHERA....JAGROOP..

[santoks]

Amrit Paji ... video vekh ke maja aa gaya ... it is really a great feeling to be a part of such a celebration in a country outside india .. u are very lucky in this respect...