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happy baisakhi 2021 Baisakhi (also known as Vaisakhi) is the most important religious festival for Sikhs. It is celebrated on the 13th of April and marks the Sikh New years day. In Punjab (now part of India and Pakistan), where Sikhism began. Baisakhi is also the time of the Harvest festival. The Founder of Sikhism Guru Nanak was the founder of Sikhism. He began teaching around the year 1500 CE and taught the importance of justice, equality and fellowship. Baisakhi or Vaisakhi The first Baisakhi took place in 1699 in the month of Vaisakh. Since then, every year, on the 13th of April, many Sikhs go to their place of worship called Gurudwara. There they join in prayers and special services which may last all day. What happens on Baisakhi ? Each year at Baisakhi, the flagpole is lowered so that the robes can be removed. The flagpole is then washed with yoghurt which sikhs consider to be very pure. After that everyone helps to raise the flagpole again with new robes and a new flag flying from the top for another year. A Gurdwara This is a very famous Gurudwara called The Golden Temple. It is also a place of pilgrimage for Sikh people. Dancing at Baisakhi This dance is performed by men on Baisakhi day. As the beat of the dholak (drum) changes, the sequences progress. The dance movements express ploughing, sowing, weeding, reaping and winnowing. The final sequence shows the farmer celebrating the harvest. Today women dance as well called Gidha. The Dancers Bhangra consists of aspects of science. Among them are: Force, Speed Acceleration, Friction, and Momentum. Each is involved in every move, step, and  dance. History of Baisakhi In 1699 Sikhs throughout the Punjab collected together to celebrate the harvest festival of Baisakhi. Guru Gobind Singh left a tent and requested that anybody  ready to give his existence for his religion come forward A youthful Sikh came forward and disappeared in to the tent. Then Guru reappeared alone together with his sword covered in bloodstream and requested for an additional volunteer. It was repeated in another four occasions until as many as five Sikhs choose to go in to the tent with him. Everybody present was very worried till all five emerged in the tent alive, with Guru Gobind Singh, and putting on turbans. History of Baisakhi The 5 were referred as Panj piare, or `beloved five` This is the way the Amrit ceremony came to  exist and five Sikhs grew to become the very first people from the Khalsa. WISH YOU ALL A HAPPY BAISAKHI 2021 THANK YOU