Windsor's Sikh community gathered at Festival Plaza to celebrate Khalsa Day.
The annual parade included colourful floats, martial arts displays and singing as made its way up Riverside Dr. on Sunday.
Children handed out refreshments and snacks as the parade made its way up the riverfront. It's meant to celebrate together to pray for the well being of all humanity and to keep people free of oppression, according to Sameep Singh.
He made his way to Windsor from Dayton, Ohio to participate.
Singh says it's a very important day fro Sihks around the world.
"It's important because, during that time, the last Guru in India, there was a lot of oppression going on, no freedom of religion," says Singh.
He says Sikhs have a long history of defending against injustice and they want to honour that.
"The Sihks are called the Sihks warriors, they're Sihks because of the look, because they keep beard and turban hair," says Singh. "They're are the warriors because they created a special army who can fight against any oppression."
Singh says Khalsa Day is recognized by Sikhs everywhere.
"Today it's in Windsor in May, in Toronto it was celebrated three weeks ago, downtown with the big parade. The Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau came as well. In surrey around 300 to 400,000 Sihks because it's a big community in Vancouver," says Singh.
The Khalsa Day Parade is the last event of several over the past week in Windsor-Essex.
The University of Windsor had Turban Day, city hall held a community reception and there was a three day reception at Windsor Gudwara.