Vaisakhi is coming - and there will be celebrations in Sikh communities in Birmingham and across the UK and rest of the world.
The festival of Vaisakhi typically takes place on April 13 or 14 each year.
It was on this day that the Khalsa was founded back in 1699.
Sikhism itself had been founded earlier, in 1469, but the Sikhs began to suffer religious persecution in the 17th century, including the execution of spiritual leaders.
In response to that, a meeting was called on this day in 1699 and the order of the Khalsa was set up - led by the Five Beloved Ones - to make a stand against oppression.
Followers of Sikhism are initiated into the order with a baptism in which men take the title Singh (meaning lion) and women the title Kaur (princess).
As well as the initiation ceremony, the Khalsa way of life includes rules of conduct and a dress code.
Vaisakhi is also observed by Hindu worshippers as a harvest festival.
But despite widespread misconceptions, Vaisakhi is not the Sikh New Year . That takes place a month earlier.
Sikh New Year fell on March 14, the start of the month of Chet, the first in the Nanakshahi Calendar.
However, Vaisakhi does fall at the same time as Pohela Boishakh, the new year in the Bikrami Calendar followed in Bangladesh and the Indian states of West Bengal, Tripura and Assam.
When is Vaisakhi 2019?
In 2019, Vaisakhi is on Sunday, April 14.
How is Vaisakhi celebrated?
Sikh communities celebrate with processions called nagar kirtan - which means town/neighbourhood hymn singing.
The processions are led by five Sikhs in ceremonial dress representing the Punj Pyare (Beloved Ones) and include Dohl drummers, performers of Gatka (a Sikh martial art) and floats carrying women and spiritual leaders who are chanting prayers and singing hymns.
Hundreds of people walk behind and line the streets, many of them chanting and singing.
For Hindus, it's a time of prayers, fairs and bathing in sacred rivers, as they believe that the river goddess Ganges descended to earth on Vaisakhi.
Why do they wear orange and yellow?
Yellow and orange are the traditional colours of Vaisakhi, according to World Sikh .
They represent the spirit of rebirth and sacrifice of the Punj Pyare but are also a colour of joy and celebration.
And when Vaisakhi is celebrated in Punjab, the golden yellow wheat fields are ready to be harvested.
When are the Vaisakhi celebrations in Birmingham?
Birmingham's main Vaisakhi celebrations take place on a weekend close to the day of Vaisakhi.
In 2018, the Birmimgham event will be on Sunday, April 28.
There is a parade and a mela (festival).
Each year, two processions - one from Hockley and one from Smethwick - make their way to a festival site in Handsworth Park.
Around 100,000 people take part in the event.
In addition, the Sikhs of Sutton Coldfield hold an event too.
For 2019, there is a Sutton Coldfield Vaisakhi Family Evening on Saturday, April 13, at Sutton Coldfield Town Hall, from 5.30pm.
