{"id":1046,"date":"2020-11-29T11:30:02","date_gmt":"2020-11-29T11:30:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/culturalcalendar\/?p=1046"},"modified":"2020-10-28T11:34:25","modified_gmt":"2020-10-28T11:34:25","slug":"guru-nanaks-birthday-30-november","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/culturalcalendar\/2020\/11\/29\/guru-nanaks-birthday-30-november\/","title":{"rendered":"Guru Nanak&#8217;s birthday 30 November"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Guru Nanak<\/strong>, also referred to as Baba Nanak, was the founder of Sikhism and is the first of the ten Sikh Gurus. These Gurus were responsible for shaping the beliefs of the Sikhs.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1049 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/culturalcalendar\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/70\/2020\/10\/third-image.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"275\" height=\"183\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Guru Naka\u2019s birthday, which is one of the most important festivals in the Sikh calendar, is commemorated on the Full Moon Day\u00a0(Pooranmashi or Purnima) of the Lunar Month Kartik.\u00a0The celebrations usually commence with Prabhat Pheris, which are early morning processions, that begin at the Gurudwaras (a place of assembly and worship for Sikhs) and proceed around the localities singing hymns.<\/p>\n<p>Celebrations begin early in the morning at about 4am-to 5am. The day starts with the singing of\u00a0<em>Asaa-Ki-Vaar<\/em>\u00a0(morning hymns), followed by combination of\u00a0<em>Katha<\/em>\u00a0(exposition of the scripture) and\u00a0<em>Kirtan<\/em>\u00a0(hymns from the Sikh scriptures). This is followed by the\u00a0<em>Langar<\/em>, a special community lunch, which is arranged at the\u00a0Gurudwaras\u00a0by volunteers. A free communal lunch that everyone, irrespective of gender, caste, class or creed, be offered food in the spirit of\u00a0<em>seva<\/em>\u00a0(service) and\u00a0<em>bhakti<\/em>\u00a0(devotion).<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1048 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/culturalcalendar\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/70\/2020\/10\/second-image.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"275\" height=\"183\" \/>Night prayer sessions are also held in some Gurudwaras, which begin around sunset when Rehras (evening prayer) is recited, followed by Kirtan until late at night.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Guru Nanak, also referred to as Baba Nanak, was the founder of Sikhism and is the first of the ten Sikh Gurus. These Gurus were responsible for shaping the beliefs of the Sikhs. Guru Naka\u2019s birthday, which is one of the most important festivals in the Sikh calendar, is commemorated on the Full Moon Day\u00a0(Pooranmashi &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/culturalcalendar\/2020\/11\/29\/guru-nanaks-birthday-30-november\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Guru Nanak&#8217;s birthday 30 November&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":572,"featured_media":1047,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[240],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1046","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-commemorative-event"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/culturalcalendar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1046","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/culturalcalendar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/culturalcalendar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/culturalcalendar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/572"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/culturalcalendar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1046"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/culturalcalendar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1046\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1050,"href":"https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/culturalcalendar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1046\/revisions\/1050"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/culturalcalendar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1047"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/culturalcalendar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1046"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/culturalcalendar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1046"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/culturalcalendar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1046"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}