VAISAKHI PARADE

A float of the Golden Temple of Amritsar amidst tens of thousands of Sikhs joining the Vaisakhi Parade slowly winds its way from Vancouver's Ross Street Temple and compound, April 16, 2005. One of the largest celebrations of it's kind in North America, Visakhi is the Sikh festival of harvest after winter. (UPI Photo / Heinz Ruckemann)