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The Food Lovers’ Guide to Australia – Series 5 Episode 5 (2004)

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clip Arkhand Path Festival education content clip 1

Original classification rating: PG. This clip chosen to be PG

Clip description

For the Sikhs of northern NSW, the religious tradition of Arkhand Path has been celebrated in the area since a Sikh community came from the Punjab to Australia in the 1880s to farm bananas and sugar cane.

Curator’s notes

What a privilege to be invited inside such an interesting community and how fascinating to see how their religious traditions have been maintained, with food as one of the main ingredients holding it all together.