Thousands of people gathered in South Vancouver around the city's historic Punjabi neighbourhood to celebrate Vaisakhi Saturday. (Lien Yeung/CBC)The celebration, which originated as a harvest festival in India's Punjab region hundreds of years ago, is of special significance to Sikh Canadians. (Lien Yeung/CBC)It was wet but, as you can see, thousands still turned out for Vancouver’s annual #Vaisakhi celebrations. Women march in the Vaisakhi parade on April 13, 2019. (Lien Yeung/CBC)The Surrey parade starts at the Gurdwara Sahib Dasmesh Darbar Temple at 12885 - 85 Avenue at 9.30 a.m. April 20.

Source: CBC News April 14, 2019 01:52 UTC