A young woman is silhouetted while spinning a chakkar during a demonstration of Punjabi martial arts at the Vaisakhi parade in Surrey, B.C., on Saturday, April 22, 2023. Organizers expected a crowd of 700,000 people to attend the festivities, which is believed to be the largest Vaisakhi gathering in the world outside of India.Vaisakhi is a significant holiday on the Sikh calendar, commemorating the establishment of the Khalsa in 1699 and marking the beginning of the Punjabi harvest year. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck