Browsing Tag: Celebration

Need for Sikh ID Presence at National Events

I thought it was important to write "home" to my 700,000 fellow Sikh British about a remote Australian Sikh community ensuring "recognition" of Sikh identity at national celebrations.
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346th PRAKASH UTSAV of Guru Gobind Singh Ji celebrated with gaiety and devotion in AP

The three-day festivities of 346th Prakash Utsav of Tenth Sikh Guru, Sri Guru Gobind Singhji, founder of Khalsa Panth and who protected the nation from invaders, concluded on December 31 with over 20,000 devotees celebrating it with religious fervour, gaiety and devotion by offering prayers at Gurdwaras.
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Growing up 'other': Non-Christian families share their experiences during Christmas season

"I celebrate Christmas, but not the way other people do. I look at it as a time for love, giving, letting go, rather than as a time for a religious observance. I just see it as a time for giving and being together."
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UK Jews, Muslims, Sikhs and others join Christians to wish Happy Christmas 4 All

Perhaps therefore, it is surprising to some that I have joined the HappyChristmas4All campaign. So why? For me, it comes down to good neighborliness. It gives me no satisfaction to see others denigrate another person’s religious festival or stop my neighbours from practising their beliefs.
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Sikh Devotees Celebrate Prakash Gurpurb of Guru Nanak with Great Zeal

Sikh devotees from far and near gathered at Gurdwara Guru Nanak Darbar in Southington to celebrate the 543rd anniversary of Guru Nanak with great devotion and celebration.
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Bandi Chhor Divas

Hundreds of candles lining the walkways and porch in front of Gurdwara Sahib Guru Nanak Dwara in Phoenix, AZ, cast a warm glow upon delighted young faces. Little children carefully and reverently carry their very own candles to place before the Guru...
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Hindus and Sikhs share Diwali celebration

While it is a Hindu and Sikh holy day, during which practitioners pray for blessings, Thakorlal says the best part for her is connecting with others. "Really for me it's the sense of community, the sense of family and the sense of belonging," she says,
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American Dreams

This is Fourth of July in the Tri-City area, and although it’s not easy to get along or agree all the time, it’s the one day when people come together in the spirit of being American.
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Baisakhi Celebrated on Grand Scale in LA

With an entire morning and early afternoon full of prayer, reflection and speeches by dignitaries, the Baisakhi 2011 celebrations came to a close with its traditional procession of colorful floats through downtown Los Angeles that highlighted Sikh culture and its various leaders.
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Khabarnamah - April ~ Sikh Research Institue

"It was not just a presentation but a journey into our past to make us realize the idea behind Vaisakhi and contemplate and re-plan the way we celebrate Vaisakhi these days," said Taranjit Singh, a coordinator from Sikhi Sidak who attended the talk. "It's the need of the hour to take a look into the history and see why are we not able to make an impact as we did in the past so that Vaisakhi in it's real sense does not lose its sheen."
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