Photos: A look at past Baisakhi celebrations around the world
Sikhs all over the world celebrate the festival of Baisakhi, a holiday with a special religious significance, observed each year on April 13 or 14. In 2022, Baisakhi falls on April 14.
Sikh devotees play with sticks during the Baisakhi festival outside a temple in Kabul, Afghanistan on Friday, April 13, 2007. Baisakhi is the festival which celebrates Sikh New Year and the founding of the Sikh community in 1699, known as the Khalsa. It is celebrated by Sikh devotees around the world with processions, dances and visits to Sikh temples. (AP Photo/Musadeq Sadeq)
A vendor sells fancy hats during Baisakhi festival in Jammu, India, Saturday, April 14, 2007. Baisakhi marks the beginning of the harvest season. (AP Photo/Channi Anand)
Sikh devotee women are seen during the Baisakhi festival at a temple in Kabul, Afghanistan on Friday, April 13, 2007. Baisakhi is the festival which celebrates Sikh New Year and the founding of the Sikh community in 1699, known as the Khalsa. It is celebrated by Sikh devotees around the world with processions, dances and visits to Sikh temples. (AP Photo/Musadeq Sadeq)
Folk artists in their traditional attire and villagers dance as they proceed towards their fields, as part of Baisakhi celebrations in Ajnala, some 35 kilometers (22 miles) from Amritsar, India, Monday, April 12, 2010. Baisakhi, a harvest festival celebrated in the Punjab region also marks the beginning of the Sikh New Year. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)
A folk artist adjusts the turban of his colleague before performing traditional folk dance of Bhangra in a wheat field, as part of Baisakhi celebrations in Ajnala, some 35 kilometers (22 miles) from Amritsar, India, Monday, April 12, 2010. Baisakhi, a harvest festival celebrated in the Punjab region, also marks the beginning of the Sikh New Year. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)
Folk artists change into traditional dresses before performing traditional folk dance of Bhangra in a wheat field, as part of Baisakhi celebrations in Ajnala, some 35 kilometers (22 miles) from Amritsar, India, Monday, April 12, 2010. Baisakhi, a harvest festival celebrated in the Punjab region, also marks the beginning of the Sikh New Year. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)
Folk artists perform traditional dance of Bhangra in a wheat field, as part of Baisakhi celebrations in Ajnala, some 35 kilometers (22 miles) from Amritsar, India, Monday, April 12, 2010. Baisakhi, a harvest festival celebrated in the Punjab region, also marks the beginning of the Sikh New Year. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)
Villagers watch as folk artists perform traditional folk dance of Bhangra in a wheat field, as part of Baisakhi celebrations in Ajnala, some 35 kilometers (22 miles) from Amritsar, India, Monday, April 12, 2010. Baisakhi, a harvest festival celebrated in the Punjab region also marks the beginning of the Sikh New Year. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)
Folk artists in their traditional attire and villagers do a prayer to thank for a good crop, as part of Baisakhi celebrations in Ajnala, some 35 kilometers (22 miles) from Amritsar, India, Monday, April 12, 2010. Baisakhi, a harvest festival celebrated in the Punjab region, also marks the beginning of the Sikh New Year. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)
Indian dancers perform the 'Bhangra', a Punjabi folk dance, in a wheat field as they celebrate Baisakhi festival in Jammu, India, Friday, April 13, 2012. Baisakhi is the harvest festival widely celebrated in northern India, especially in the Punjab area. (AP Photo/Channi Anand)
Sikh devotees prepare a meal at a community kitchen at the Gurdwara of Dera Baba Banda Bahadur during Baisakhi festival at Reasi, about 82 kilometers (51 miles) from Jammu, India, April 13, 2013. Baisakhi, is the festival which celebrates Sikh New Year and the founding of the Sikh community in 1699, known as the Khalsa. Baisakhi is also widely celebrated as the harvest festival in many northern states of India. (AP Photo/Channi Anand)
Indian Sikhs gather to offer prayers at a Sikh temple on Baisakhi, in New Delhi, India, Tuesday, April 14, 2015. Baisakhi, the harvest festival celebrated in the Punjab region also coincides with other festivals celebrated on the first day of Indian calendar month Vaisakh. The festival has special significance for Sikhs since it marks the day in 1699, when their tenth Guru Gobind Singh organized the order of the Khalsa, a collective body of initiated Sikhs. (AP Photo / Manish Swarup)
A Sikh father helps his son to light a lamp, near the illuminated Golden Temple, the Sikhs holiest shrine, on the festival of Baisakhi in Amritsar, India, Monday, April 14, 2014. Baisakhi, which marks the Sikhs New Year day is also a harvest festival. (AP Photo/Sanjeev Sayal)
Indian Sikhs prepare food for devotees at a Sikh temple on Baisakhi, in New Delhi, India, Tuesday, April 14, 2015. Baisakhi, the harvest festival celebrated in the Punjab region also coincides with other festivals celebrated on the first day of Indian calendar month Vaisakh. The festival has special significance for Sikhs since it marks the day in 1699, when their tenth Guru Gobind Singh organized the order of the Khalsa, a collective body of initiated Sikhs. (AP Photo / Manish Swarup)
Originally a spring harvest festival, Baisakhi acquired religious significance after the 10th Sikh guru created the Khalsa, a distinctive Sikh identity, in 1699.. In 2022, Baisakhi falls on April 14.