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Sikh Awareness Day in London
primary school
WSN Network
LONDON:
Veer
Ravjeet Singh visited a primary school in
London
to share knowledge of Sikhi with the students and staff. The day
started off with the morning assembly in which he gave a 15 minute
introduction to who Sikhs are, where they come from, and why they
look different (using visuals from a powerpoint).
The caretaker
for the school also heard the talk in the assembly. He was very
interested by Sikhi. Afterwards he approached Veer Ravjeet Singh and
requested him to tie a Dastaar on his head. Only having material for
small dastaars (keskis) he tied a small dastaar on his head. The
caretaker was really impressed and happy at the fact he had a
dastaar on his head. However, he said, “You are wearing two turbans.
A small one,
which is covered with a big one. Can you please tie the big turban
on my head as well.” Waheguru. Ravjeet Singh didn’t have any large
dastaar material but used the small dastaar material to tie a second
dastaar over the keski. Waheguru. The caretaker was very happy.
Amazing to see
such enthusiasm and pyaar for Sikhi Saroop from non-Sikhs. During
the day, Ravjeet Singh rotated between three classes and spent an
hour with each class. He started off with recapping the information
given in the assembly, e.g. where Sikhs come from, what are the 5 Ks
etc. Afterwards he talked about the basic Sikh principles,
lifestyle, main festivals and about Harmandir Sahib (Golden Temple).
18
June,
2008
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