Once in 36 years this festival is celebrated on the 14 th of April. The Sikhs celebrate this as a collective birthday, filling the atmosphere with gaiety, music, dancing and good cheer. Langar or the community lunch is the last event of the function.
Processions led by panj piaras include mock duels and bands playing religious tunes.
Everybody from school children to elders take part in this procession. After the processions and the feast are over holy scriptures of the Sikhs, the Guru Granth Sahib are read. This festival is an opportunity in villages to enjoy with sheer abandon because they know that a season of hard work follows soon after which is the time for harvesting corn and other grains. All Rights Reserved.