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Baisakhi (Vaisakhi)
The spring harvest and Sikh new year, marking the founding of the Khalsa, with bright suits, turbans and phulkari.
What is worn for Baisakhi (Vaisakhi)
Baisakhi, or Vaisakhi, is the spring harvest festival of Punjab and the day in 1699 when Guru Gobind Singh founded the Khalsa at Anandpur Sahib. It is kept on 13 or 14 April, when the sun enters Aries, with visits to gurdwaras, processions called nagar kirtan, fairs and bhangra dances. Sikh men wear turbans, often in saffron, yellow or blue. Women dress in bright salwar suits with a phulkari dupatta, and some in sarees. The festival is also the solar new year in several parts of India and is kept as the harvest festival in Punjab, as Bohag Bihu in Assam and as Pohela Boishakh in Bengal.
Also part of it, and being written: Phulkari (Floss-silk embroidery, a mark of Punjabi festive dress.).
Written by the EveryPallu desk with AI assistance. Background: "Vaisakhi" on Wikipedia. Customs differ from place to place and family to family. If this is your tradition and we have it wrong, tell us.