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Birmingham: Gatka (sword fighting) performed at the Vaskhi Mela

Taken by Library of Birmingham

Vaskhi
Birmingham
West Midlands
England

Photograph taken 1994. Sikhs getting ready to do customary Gatka prayers at the Vaisakhi Mela, in Birmingham

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