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<big>'''[[Europe remembers]]:'''</big> This weekend, Sikhs in Europe remember the fallen Indian soldiers for World War 1. It was during the weekend of 2-4 April 1999, when hundreds of [[Sikh]]s from Belgium, the Netherlands, France and Britain first gathered in the Belgian town of Ypres (Ieper) to combine a celebration of | <big>'''[[Europe remembers]]:'''</big> This weekend, Sikhs in Europe remember the fallen Indian soldiers for World War 1. It was during the weekend of 2-4 April 1999, when hundreds of [[Sikh]]s from Belgium, the Netherlands, France and Britain first gathered in the Belgian town of Ypres (Ieper) to combine a celebration of [[Vaisakhi]], the 300th anniversary of the birth of the [[Khalsa]] with a commemoration of the [[India]]n soldiers who fell in the First World War in the former front zone around Ypres, the so-called Ypres Salient in Belgium. | ||
This article elaborates on how this event originated, and on how it bound together two very different groups of people whose paths first crossed during the Great War. Beyond doubt, this was one of the most remarkable commemorations of the First World War (1914-1918) that has ever taken place on these former battlefields. It was a unique event in other ways as well. It was unusual in that Ypres has no [[Sikh]] community: why then celebrate [[Vaisakhi]] in this small town, while most Belgian Sikhs live at the other end of the country or in Brussels, where they have [[Gurdwara]]s of their own? <big>'''[[Europe remembers|Continued...]]'''</big> | This article elaborates on how this event originated, and on how it bound together two very different groups of people whose paths first crossed during the Great War. Beyond doubt, this was one of the most remarkable commemorations of the First World War (1914-1918) that has ever taken place on these former battlefields. It was a unique event in other ways as well. It was unusual in that Ypres has no [[Sikh]] community: why then celebrate [[Vaisakhi]] in this small town, while most Belgian Sikhs live at the other end of the country or in Brussels, where they have [[Gurdwara]]s of their own? <big>'''[[Europe remembers|Continued...]]'''</big> | ||
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Europe remembers: This weekend, Sikhs in Europe remember the fallen Indian soldiers for World War 1. It was during the weekend of 2-4 April 1999, when hundreds of Sikhs from Belgium, the Netherlands, France and Britain first gathered in the Belgian town of Ypres (Ieper) to combine a celebration of Vaisakhi, the 300th anniversary of the birth of the Khalsa with a commemoration of the Indian soldiers who fell in the First World War in the former front zone around Ypres, the so-called Ypres Salient in Belgium.
This article elaborates on how this event originated, and on how it bound together two very different groups of people whose paths first crossed during the Great War. Beyond doubt, this was one of the most remarkable commemorations of the First World War (1914-1918) that has ever taken place on these former battlefields. It was a unique event in other ways as well. It was unusual in that Ypres has no Sikh community: why then celebrate Vaisakhi in this small town, while most Belgian Sikhs live at the other end of the country or in Brussels, where they have Gurdwaras of their own? Continued...
