Australia's Sikh community will meet in Griffith on 11-12th June 2016 for the annual Sikh games

Organisers expect up to 10,000 people to attend the event, which includes sports and cultural activities with teams from across Australia. You can also enjoy traditional Indian cuisine throughout the day as well as soccer, tug-o-war, kabbadi: a wrestling sport originating from very early Indian civilisation, and athletic events for the kids.

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Women's Tug-o-war at a previous edition of the event. Source: Griffith Shaheedi Tournament

Every June long weekend the Sikh community hold a two day event at Ted Scobie Oval against the backdrop of Scenic Hill in Griffith.
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The event marks the days of storming of the Darbar Sahib, the Sikh community’s holiest and most historic shrine, by Indian troops in 1984.
Griffith’s Annual Shaheedi Tournament pays the homage and the personal sense of suffering and injustice felt by Sikhs worldwide, during the attack and in the aftermath of the violence which resulted in the injury and death of thousands of innocent men, women, and children in Punjab.
Griffith Sikh Games
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Griffith Sikh Games
Sunda'r dastar competition Source: Supplied
Griffith Sikh Games
Langar Sewa Source: Supplied
Griffith Sikh Games
Sikh Games Spectators Source: Supplied


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Published 26 May 2016 10:13pm
Updated 27 May 2016 12:07pm
By Preetinder Grewal

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