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The festival is marked with town-wide processions, parades, and traditional songs/hymns

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"Many Sikhs choose to be baptised into the Khalsa brotherhood on this day"

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People fly patangs (kites) from their rooftops with poems or words of endearment written on them

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The five who were baptized represent the five core beliefs of Sikhism:

Daya – kindness

Dharam – fairness
Himmat – courage
Mohkem – determination
Sahib – strength

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The surname, Singh for men and Katur for women, given to every Sikh man on Vaisakhi in 1699 means "Lion" or "Lioness."

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Guru Gobind Singh asked the crowd if any of them was prepared to devote his/her life to Sikhism. The five Sikhs who came forward are now known as Panj Piare, or 'Beloved Five'

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Vaisakhi began as a harvest festival

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Early in the morning, Sikhs celebrating Vaisakhi visit to the Gurdwara-- the temple where Sikhs worship

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Vaisakhi commemorates creation of the Khalsa order by Guru Gobind Singh, the 10th Guru of the Sikhs, in 1699. By baptizing thousands of Sikhs and receiving 5 baptisms in return, Guru Gobind Singh "laid the foundation for the collective faith of Sikhism"

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Vaisakhi is one of the most important holidays on the Sikh calendar and is typically celebrated on April 13 or 14

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Vaisakhi is the Sikh New Year festival that commemorates the year Sikhism was born as a collective faith.