May 06 2008
Sikh new year: Vaisakhi
Singing and high spirits in the streets near cemetery junction, Balloons tied to fire engines, lamp-posts, leaple and shops. Police directing traffic and cycling aound, smiling. A yound boy offered me bottled water and a leaflet. I took the leaflet and read… …Nagar Kirtan is a Punjabi term that literally means “neighbourhood hymn singing“. The seek new year is April 14th, the day that Sikhism was born in 1699. It is the holiest day of their calendar.
Such singing and laughter and happiness, it was a joy to mingle with the crowds
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