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Okanagan Sikh Temple hosting Vaisakhi parade for first time since 2019

The parade is taking place on Saturday, April 29
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The Okanagan Sikh Temple will be hosting the Vaisakhi parade on Saturday, April 29 in Rutland. (Okanagan Sikh Temple)

Happy Vaisakhi!

Friday, April 14 is the first day of the holiday celebrated by the Sikh community. Vaisakhi is the celebration of the spring harvest and in some areas, marks the Indian Solar New Year. Vaisakhi runs from April 14 to early May.

To celebrate the event, the Okanagan Sikh Temple will be holding a Vaisakhi parade on Saturday, April 29. It will be the first celebration of the event in Âé¶¹AV since the pandemic.

The parade will start at the temple located at 1111 Rutland Road North and begins at 11 a.m.

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Hailing from Ladner, B.C., I have been passionate about sports, especially baseball, since I was young. In 2018, I graduated from Thompson Rivers University in Kamloops with a Bachelor of Journalism degree
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