A Crowd of more than a thousand people showed up at the star studded Vaisakhi Mela on 11 April Saturday at the Vodafone Event Centre.

The show organised by Punjab Sports & Cultural Club (NZ) was held to celebrate the Vaisakhi Festival in New Zealand, and people appeared in colourful attire with their families and friends. Vaisakhi is one of the most important festivals for the Sikh community since it marks the establishment of Khalsa by Guru Gobind Singh. 

The Vaisakhi or the harvest festival that falls on 14 April is also celebrated by other members of the Indian community like in West Bengal region it is called ‘Poila Boishakh’ and in the other adjoining areas it is called ‘Baisakh’ which is a time to harvest the crops.

The flavours of the day were two renowned singers from Punjab, Ranjit Rana and Sarbjit Cheema who have rocked YouTube with their albums. Their performance garnered loud cheers and whistles from the audience.

Ranjit Rana performed his popular songs like ‘Ik Din Bhulekhe’, ‘Leek’, and ‘Yakeen’ from his collection of hits; he started the performance by the name of Guru and sent the message of happiness and prosperity for the community. His performance was preceded by a Bhupinder Bappan who also sang in the melody of Vaisakh and a bhangra number.

Post Ranjit Rana’s performance was the turn for another Punjabi Superstar ‘Sarbjit Cheema’ clad in a black kurta and a silk woven waist coat presented himself on the stage with a message for the community and hummed the bhangra numbers from his album collections. 

His performances included hit songs like ‘Maa Di Mithiye’, ‘Rang Rara Riri Rara’, ‘Rangla Punjab’ and ‘Yaariyaan’. His performance too received huge applauds, whistling from the crowd who got frenzy in the tunes and started dancing on their seats.

As an additional treat, audience saw New Zealand Police tap their feet to the beats of Bhangra for the first time ever.

 

The 4 hour show ended with a small prayer and message for the entire community congratulating and felicitating the stars of the day.