Thousands of Sikhs will parade through Malton this weekend to commemorate the Khalsa Day festival.
Sunday afternoon, members of Mississauga’s Sikh community will march from the Malton Gurdwara at 7280 Airport Rd. to the Rexdale Gurdwara.
The Sikh community celebrates the Khalsa festival to educate other Canadians about their faith and ensure the culture is kept alive by new generations of Canadian-born Sikhs.
In past years, the downtown Toronto parade and the Malton-to-Rexdale parade often have been held place the same day. This year, though, they are being staged on different weekends as a result of requests received from the Sikh community and seniors’ clubs. While the Toronto parade was held last weekend, the Ontario Gurdwara Committee that organizes the Malton-Rexdale parade moved their event to May 3.
Several roads will be closed in Malton and Brampton to make way for the procession that will leave from the Sri Guru Singh Sabha Gurdwara in Malton at 1:30 p.m. and will end at the Sikh Spiritual Centre in Etobicoke at about 5:30 p.m.
1076 meter of turban cloth was used, more than 200 turban’s were tied.
