Item
Identifier:
2023_03_01_002
Repository Identifier
langar 01_intro
Date
2022;Date(s) of creation
Creator
Contributor
Extent
1 p. textual record
Format
textual record
Description
Exhibit card for The Langar Project, a project done at the University of the Fraser Valley that was created from a partnership between the South Asian Studies Institute and the University of the Fraser Valley Library. The title of the card reads, "Langar: The Communal Meal," and the page continues by explaining how Langar is the communal meal served in Sikh Gurdwaras and fosters a sense of equality among those who partake in it. It emphasizes that the practice has been around since the time of Guru Nanak (1469-1539), the founder of the Sikh religion. At the top of the page is an image of Sikh woman and some Sikh men gathered together in a kitchen making rotis. At the bottom of the page is a collage with five photographs depicting images from Sikh Langar halls. One shows steaming pots, the next depicts a Sikh man stirring a large pot of food, the third photograph shows a tray with food, the fourth photograph shows a young Sikh boy serving food in a Langar hall, and the final photograph shows an older Sikh man standing next to a large pile of trays, washing plates. The logo for the South Asian Studies Institute is visible in the top right corner of the page.
Location
British Columbia;New Westminster Land District;Fraser Valley Regional District;Abbotsford
Language
English
Subject Headings - Library of Congress
Langar (Sikhism) [http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2002005905];Sikhism [http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85122435];Sikh gurus [http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85122422]
