How do Sikhs dress?

They can't cut their hair unless they do it themselves with khanda, and then making a purification act that consists on burning their hair with incense as a symbol of worship to God. They usually wear turbans as women but it is opcional. For women veiling their face and hiding their body is not well considered. Earrings, and other such ornamental piercings are fordibben.

Sikhs' symbols

For Sikhs there are 5 symbols of faith, they are also called the 5 K.

• Kesh: long hair without cutting.
• Khanga: small wood comb to wear in the hair.
• Kara: methallic bracelet.
• Kachera: kind of cotton underwear.
• Kirpan: in their origins it was a ceremonial sword, but nowadays it is a simple symbol of power, freedom, self-respect, and the constant fight for good against injusticia. It only can be used for self-defenseo to protect somebody.

Another typical symbol is Khanda and probably it is the most important one. It consists on three weapons:

• Khanda: a straight sword that symbolises the knowledge about God.
• Kirpans: curvesswords that represent political sovereignty.
• Shakkar: it is a disk that represents God.

Festivals and events

Birth of Guru Gobind Singh, the Tenth Sikh Guru 23 Poh 5 Jan Nanakshahi New Year commences Hola Mohalla festival 1 Chet 1 Chet 14 Mar 14 Mar Birth of Guru Nanak, the first Sikh Guru and the founder of Sikhism 1 Vaisakh 14 Apr Birth of Guru Amar Das, the third Sikh Guru 9 Jeth 23 May Guru Hargobind becomes the sixth Guru of the Sikhs 28 Jeth 11 Jun Birth of Guru Hargobind, the sixth Sikh Guru 21 Harh 5 Jul Guru Granth Sahib, the Sikh scripture, is installed at the Golden Temple for the first time 17 Bhadon 1 Sep Joint-sovereignty of the Sikh Scripture (Guru Granth Sahib) and the collectivity of the Khalsa (Guru Khalsa Panth) declared as the Guru for all times to come by Guru Gobind Singh, the tenth and the last Sikh Guru 6 Katik 20 Oct Guru Tegh Bahadur martyred in Delhi by Aurangzeb for defending the oppressed 11 Maghar 24 Nov Zorawar Singh and Fateh Singh, the two younger sons of Guru Gobind Singh, executed 13 Poh 26 Dec

Characteristics of Sikhism

• Sikhism is a monotheistic religion. 
• For Sikhism is more important to do good actions than doing rituals.
• The Sikh place of worship is called a Gurdwara.
• Sikhs believe in a book that Sikhs consider the live of Guru Granth Sahib.
• Sikhs believe that the way to lead a good life is to: keep God in heart and mind at all times, live honestly and work hard, treat everyone equally, be generous to the less fortunate, serve others.

Introduction to sikhism

Sikhism was founded in the 16th century in the Punjab district, that now is India and Pakistan. this religion was founded by Guru Nanak, it is based on his teachings and the ones from the 9 Sikh gurus who followed him.

Sikhism is the 5th religion with more followers all over the world. There are almost 20 millions sikhs, and the most of them live in India.