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■ The Record !MIF PRINNk APIPM .nte ....ia Sikhs celebrate openjing of Tracy temple. • Sikh food — including flat bread surname or middle nam Addition- Jeffersi `400 families attend ceremonies and a bean dish flavored with ally,they leave their hair uncut and curry — was offered to anyone wear a turban, use a spectral comb BY Ben van der Meer Sikhs came from all over the who sat dam. to keep their hair neat, wear a plans 4 Tracy Press Bay Area and Central Valley on Sikh priest Bachan Singh said bracelet,called a kara, wear long Sunday to join the 300 to 400 the opening of the temple in shorts and attach a short sword to TRACY — Some 2,000 brightly Sikh families who five in Tracy. Tracy spreads the 500-year-old dressed Sikhs gathered for a dual "Whenever there is a new gur- Sikh faith one step further. their belt' celebration Sunday — the open- dwara opened;, Chahal said, "all "We're continuing fertilizing a It gives them a unique appear- shuffle ing of Tracy's own "gurdwara; or the g s celebrate:' seed that has been planted ance," Chahal said. "Anyone can temple,and the 300th anniversary To celebrate the 300th anniver- before," he said through a trans- recognize a Sikh in a crowd. In of:the Khalsa, the Brotherhood of sary of the Khalsa's creation, eight lator. "When the social light makes them feel proud." By Ben van der Meet Sikhs. priests from Trac new worship became degraded, the Khalsa Sikhs want others in the com- "Sikhism is more than just reli- �`� Press 1 center began on Friday by reading started. (The brotherhoods) truth munity to understand that their gion for many of these people," from the Guru Granth Sahib, the and justice still applies now." faith is based on learning and TRACY — A flood of said Sukhminder Chahal, who holy book of the Sikhs. The Sikh faith was founded as openness, residents in south Tracy attended Sunday's ceremonies on The reading continued until an outgrowth of Hinduism by "We embrace everyone with lead to more shuffling a: West Grant Line Road."It's a social noon Sunday and was followed by Guru Nanak, who was born in open arms," said Manmohanjit dents in Jefferson Sc culture. It's everything for them:' a service of devotions and hymns. 1469 in Punjab. 'Singh, who lives in Tracy. "Our District this fall. Sikhs are not new to San Sikhs approached the altar in Sikhs believe in one God and learning never ends:' The fourth-grade class Joaquin County.They arrived here the temple and left offerings at the unity of mankind. Religious the two-school district w from the Punjab region of India the Guru Granth Sahib, as a man law prohibits them from smoking, In es, Can to regular Sunday moved from Monti at the turn of the century. In fact, followed custom by waving a large drinking alcoholic beverages or services, help t said the temple School to Jefferson Sc the very first Sikh temple in the brush over the book to keep flies eating meat. will offer help to people in need United States was built in and dust away. When men are brought into the of food.."There is always someone officials recently announ Stockton in 1913. in another building, traditional faith, they often adopt Singh as a here' he said. "It's challenging,"Mona Principal Kathy Teixeira "It's part of the situation i/Lode goes with a growing dist This year, the dist Lodfourth-graders attended tieello School. Fourth-graders were between both schools thi ODI/LODE before. �, Monticello in the cc GeJuin school year will be c �'�� school, and Jefferson wil ketin !an z cl liftle 4-$ Schaal Farm-marketing p ,� "We don't have a pin Thwith it, will be discussed said Greg Cole x airplay CAN ANriRFAC -� A rnlhlir. will have afourth-grade vPar at ipffercnn. The