Organizers estimate more than 600,000 people gathered for the annual celebration on Saturday
CBC NewsSurrey's streets came alive with vibrant colours, music and community spirit on Saturday for the city's annual Vaisakhi Khalsa Day — an event organizers say is the largest celebration of its kind in the world.
Vaisakhi is the annual Sikh festival that celebrates the new harvest. It also marks the creation of the order of the Khalsa in 1699 — a defining moment in Sikh history that gave the faith its final form.
"The Khalsa's virtues are that it stands up for humanity, human rights," said Moninder…
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