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<blockquote data-quote="spnadmin" data-source="post: 92888" data-attributes="member: 35"><p>To start, and this can vary somewhat from gurdwara to gurdwara. The information in black font comes from an internet link <a href="http://www.microbooks.org/sikh/etiquette.htm" target="_blank">Etiquette</a></p><p></p><p><span style="color: Blue">The letters in blue font describe what will probably happen -- in relation to your questions about readings and transliterations.</span></p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><strong> [FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Pattern of Worship</strong></span></span><span style="font-size: 10px"><strong> </strong></span></p><p> <span style="font-size: 10px"><strong></strong> [FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px">[/FONT] </span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"> [FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Kirtan - the singing of the hymns on instruments (generally Harmonium and Tabla). <span style="color: Blue">Kirtaan will change every week and in some gurdwaras the sangat sings along with the raagis. Some gurdwaras will project both the Gurmukhi and the English on a screen with a lap top computer. They tend to use SikhiToTheMax software to do this. But there will not be a way to find this out ahead of time unless you know the jatha/s and ask someone. </span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: Blue"></span>[/FONT]</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px">[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px">[/FONT] </span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"> [FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Katha/GurbaniVichar - the reading of the Holy Hymns followed by explanation or a sermon or talk appropriate for the occasion. <span style="color: Blue">The granthi or assistant granthi will speak about a section from Gurbani in Punjabi -- and it is very unlikely you will know which raag he has selected ahead of time. Probably you will not be able to get a translation in advance. </span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px">[/FONT]</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"></span></p><p> <span style="font-size: 10px">[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Recitation portions of a scripture the Anand Sahib. <span style="color: Blue">This is usually a constant from one week to the next. This one you can/should commit to memory.</span>[/FONT]</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px">[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px">[/FONT] </span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"> [FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]The Ardas The congregational prayer - Ardaas - is also a constant every week. <span style="color: Blue">This one you must commit to memory.</span>[/FONT]</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px">[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px">[/FONT] </span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"></span>[/FONT][FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]<span style="font-size: 10px">The Ardas concludes with the Jaikara. <em>Boley So Nihal, Sat Sri Akal</em>.</span>[/FONT]</p><p></p><p> [FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif][/FONT] </p><p> <span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 10px"> [FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]The person sitting behind the Guru Granth Sahib will read the Hukam, the Guru's message or Order to the Sangat (congregation). <span style="color: Blue">The person who reads this may be either the granthi or the assistant granthi (usually) or another devout member of the congregation. The hukam can be chosen before the service. It is not necessarily the hukamnama taken at the start of the day in Harimandir Sahib. If it is not, then you will have no way of knowing which passage will be selected for the hukamnama. Also, this one is not typically projected on a screen by lap top.</span></span></span><span style="font-size: 10px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px">[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px">[/FONT] </span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"> [FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Upon completion of the Hukam, Karah Parsad is distributed to the Sangat. (This is a sweet pudding made of flour, sugar and clarified butter that is offered as ceremonial food.)[/FONT]</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px">[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px">[/FONT] </span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"> [FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Finally Langar (food from the Guru's kitchen) will be served in a different hall. All are welcome to eat langar. <span style="color: Blue">Here there can also be variation. In some gurdwaras people take lungar before joining the service, as well as after the service. Often the lungar is on-going throughout the morning and afternoon into evening during the service. In that situation you could have people taking lungar and leaving the service to do that. </span>[/FONT] </span></p><p> <span style="font-size: 10px"><strong> </strong></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"><strong></strong></span>[/FONT]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="spnadmin, post: 92888, member: 35"] To start, and this can vary somewhat from gurdwara to gurdwara. The information in black font comes from an internet link [url=http://www.microbooks.org/sikh/etiquette.htm]Etiquette[/url] [COLOR=Blue]The letters in blue font describe what will probably happen -- in relation to your questions about readings and transliterations.[/COLOR] [FONT=Arial][SIZE=2][B] [FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Pattern of Worship[/B][/SIZE][/FONT][SIZE=2][B] [/B] [FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif] [/FONT] [FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Kirtan - the singing of the hymns on instruments (generally Harmonium and Tabla). [COLOR=Blue]Kirtaan will change every week and in some gurdwaras the sangat sings along with the raagis. Some gurdwaras will project both the Gurmukhi and the English on a screen with a lap top computer. They tend to use SikhiToTheMax software to do this. But there will not be a way to find this out ahead of time unless you know the jatha/s and ask someone. [/COLOR][/FONT] [FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif] [/FONT] [FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Katha/GurbaniVichar - the reading of the Holy Hymns followed by explanation or a sermon or talk appropriate for the occasion. [COLOR=Blue]The granthi or assistant granthi will speak about a section from Gurbani in Punjabi -- and it is very unlikely you will know which raag he has selected ahead of time. Probably you will not be able to get a translation in advance. [/COLOR] [/FONT] [FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Recitation portions of a scripture the Anand Sahib. [COLOR=Blue]This is usually a constant from one week to the next. This one you can/should commit to memory.[/COLOR][/FONT] [FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif] [/FONT] [FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]The Ardas The congregational prayer - Ardaas - is also a constant every week. [COLOR=Blue]This one you must commit to memory.[/COLOR][/FONT] [FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif] [/FONT] [/SIZE][/FONT][FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif][SIZE=2]The Ardas concludes with the Jaikara. [I]Boley So Nihal, Sat Sri Akal[/I].[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif][SIZE=2][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Arial][SIZE=2] [FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]The person sitting behind the Guru Granth Sahib will read the Hukam, the Guru's message or Order to the Sangat (congregation). [COLOR=Blue]The person who reads this may be either the granthi or the assistant granthi (usually) or another devout member of the congregation. The hukam can be chosen before the service. It is not necessarily the hukamnama taken at the start of the day in Harimandir Sahib. If it is not, then you will have no way of knowing which passage will be selected for the hukamnama. Also, this one is not typically projected on a screen by lap top.[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][SIZE=2] [FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif] [/FONT] [FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Upon completion of the Hukam, Karah Parsad is distributed to the Sangat. (This is a sweet pudding made of flour, sugar and clarified butter that is offered as ceremonial food.)[/FONT] [FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif] [/FONT] [FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Finally Langar (food from the Guru's kitchen) will be served in a different hall. All are welcome to eat langar. [COLOR=Blue]Here there can also be variation. In some gurdwaras people take lungar before joining the service, as well as after the service. Often the lungar is on-going throughout the morning and afternoon into evening during the service. In that situation you could have people taking lungar and leaving the service to do that. [/COLOR][/FONT] [B] [/B][/SIZE][/FONT] [/QUOTE]
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