Last week was Guru Nanak's Birthday. This is a big holiday for Sikhs. Guru Nanak was the founder of the Sikh religion and the first of their 10 Gurus. In many ways, this holiday is a celebration of the beginning of Sikhism. We live in a neighborhood that has a very high population of Sikhs, so our neighborhood is abuzz with all the festivities! The other day (a few days before his birthday), I walked out of my house to see this: It was one of the many parades that took place last week. We had at least one parade a day for a week! Some days there were multiple parades. Since it's an important date then there were also a lot of weddings as well. It was quite an exciting week!! Here are some of the kids getting ready for the parade. This is one of the trucks for the parade. There are multiple Sikh Schools in our neighborhood and they each had something to do in the parade. Here are a few of the groups marchi...
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