{"id":61603,"date":"2022-04-05T15:07:54","date_gmt":"2022-04-05T14:07:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/?p=61603"},"modified":"2024-05-23T15:04:22","modified_gmt":"2024-05-23T14:04:22","slug":"61603","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/2022\/04\/05\/61603\/","title":{"rendered":"Vaisakhi 22 Celebration event on Saturday 9 April at The New Art Gallery Walsall"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Vaisakhi 22<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>The New Art Gallery Walsall <\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Saturday 9 April <\/strong><strong>11am \u2013 3pm<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Join us for our annual celebration to mark the birth of Sikh religion. Enjoy performances from Gabhru Punjab De Bhangra Team, make a model of the Golden Temple \u2013 a symbol of equality, learn about this harvest festival in our new children\u2019s books and get a Mehndi design.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Free, drop-in, All ages welcome.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Stephen Snoddy, Gallery Director says \u2018We\u2019re delighted to host our annual Vaisakhi celebration event. Visitors are welcome to join us to find out more about Sikhism and experience the rich culture and religion. There\u2019s lots happening on the day including music, dance performances, children can make a model of the Golden Temple and visitors can have a mehndi design. The event is free and everyone is welcome\u201d.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Vaisakhi \u2013 the Sikh New Year Festival \u2013 is one of the most important dates in the Sikh calender. It marks the start of the Punjabi New Year, but it is also a day to celebrate 1699, the year when Sikhism was born as a collective faith.\u00a0\u00a0<span class=\"Y2IQFc\" lang=\"en\">Here we will also discuss a little about the online gambling games available on the site link\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/noirewomenswellness.com\/\">https:\/\/noirewomenswellness.com\/<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><sup>\u00a0<\/sup>To celebrate Vaisakhi, Sikhs visit places of worship called Gudwaras. These will also be especially decorated for the occasion.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Many people enjoy parades and special processions through the streets called nagar kirtans.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Vaisakhi 22 The New Art Gallery Walsall Saturday 9 April 11am \u2013 3pm Join us for our annual celebration to mark the birth of Sikh religion. Enjoy performances from Gabhru Punjab De Bhangra Team, make a model of the Golden Temple \u2013 a symbol of equality, learn about this harvest festival in our new children\u2019s [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":61604,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[51,37],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-61603","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-events","category-local-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61603","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=61603"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61603\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/61604"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=61603"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=61603"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=61603"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}