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It commemorates the birth of Guru Gobind Singh, the tenth Sikh guru. The festival is one of the most widely celebrated event by Sikhs. Sikh New Year: March 13 or 14 (typically 14th) The Sikh new year in accordance to the Sikh Calendar (Nanakshahi Calendar). Hola Mohalla: March 15: An annual festival of thousands held at Anandpur Sahib.
Hola Mohalla (Gurmukhi: ਹੋਲਾ-ਮਹੱਲਾ hōlā muhalā), also called Hola, is a three-day long Sikh festival which normally falls in March. [2] [3] It takes place on the second day of the lunar month of Chett, usually a day after the Hindu spring festival Holi, but sometimes coincides with it.
Sikhs were migrating in large numbers for economic opportunities in United States and Canada. However, due to the U.S. Immigration Act of 1917, [2] some Sikhs ended up staying in Mexico. [3] As many Sikhs had difficulty with entry in the United States in the following decades, some Sikh farmers settled in Mexico and married Mexican women. [4]
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The Sikh wedding ceremony, a.k.a. the Anand Karaj. Photo credit: Regina Malo The Callejoneada, the traditional Mexican parade from the wedding ceremony to the reception.
Guru Amar Das chose festivals for celebration by Sikhs like Vaisakhi, wherein he asked Sikhs to assemble and share the festivities as a community. [146] [147] Vaisakhi is one of the most important festivals of Sikhs, while other significant festivals commemorate the birth, lives of the gurus and Sikh martyrs.
The Sikhs are adherents to Sikhism, the fifth largest organized religion in the world, with around 25 million adherents. [1] Sikh History is around 500 years and in that time the Sikhs have developed unique expressions of art and culture which are influenced by their faith and synthesize traditions from many other cultures depending on the locality of the adherents of the religion.
As part of a country's cultural heritage, they include celebrations, festivals, performances, oral traditions, music, and the making of handicrafts. [1] The "intangible cultural heritage" is defined by the Convention for the Safeguarding of Intangible Cultural Heritage , drafted in 2003 [ 2 ] and took effect in 2006. [ 3 ]