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Festivals, about 14 Apr 2027

Vaisakhi

The spring festival on which Sikhs remember the founding of the Khalsa in 1699, with kesh, uncut hair, as one of its five articles of faith.

Vaisakhi is the spring harvest festival of Punjab, and for Sikhs it marks the day in 1699 when Guru Gobind Singh created the Khalsa at Anandpur Sahib. Members of the Khalsa keep five articles of faith, and one of them is kesh: hair left uncut as a gift of God, kept clean, combed with a wooden kangha and tied into a joora on the crown under a turban, the dastar. Boys often wear the smaller patka. Vaisakhi falls on 13 or 14 April, and is marked by processions, new turbans and initiation ceremonies at gurdwaras around the world.

Hairstyles tied to Vaisakhi

KeshUncut hair, the first of the five articles of faithDastarThe Sikh turban that covers the keshPatkaPatkaThe smaller head covering worn by boys and players

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