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Monday 5 May 2014

Vaisakhi 2014


A big party was held at Trafalgar Square yesterday to celebrate the Sikh New Year and the start of the harvest festival.  


Music both traditional and modern,  Bollywood dancing and Dohl drumming, or you could learn how to dance the Bhangara.  Make up artists were there to add a bit of glam.  Or you could partake in the turban dressing workshop, it was fun to see so many non Sikhs wearing bright orange turbans.



Face- painting, trinket shopping, spices and chutneys were all on sale.  And the food... those wonderful smells wafting across the Square.

6 comments:

Stefan Jansson said...

I sure hope you got a nice face paint!

Luis Gomez said...

Nice! Lots of people.

Dave said...

For 30 years we were neighbours with the Singhs, a wonderful family and boy did they know how to party. Their weddings and New Years Eve parties are etched in our memory.

Jack said...

You sure do get around, Doll, er, Mo. My camera and I would have loved this celebration, too. Very fine images.

Sharon said...

I bet those spicy scents would have made me hunger for some good curry.

William Kendall said...

Here we often see politicos trying to score points by showing up at these events in the orange headwear.

Very colourful attire, particularly in that first shot.

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