VAISAKHI PARADE

Sikh members of the Canadian armed forces bring up the rear as tens of thousands of Sikhs join the Vaisakhi Parade slowly winding it's 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)