Do you know what is Sikh? Have you heard about this religion? Sikh is a religion that came from Punjab region of northern India. They only believe in one God. It was 500 years old. Do you want to know more about Sikh religion? Please read the explanation below!
What is Sikhism?
Sikhism religion was found by Guru Nanak Dev Ji in 1469. Now Sikhism has 26 millions follower in the whole world. It was almost the 5th largest religions in the world. Sikhism had ten Gurus now. In Christian religion Gurus means priest. Sikhism is different with hindu or islam. 83.000 Sikh soldiers died in the second world war. People in USA who wore turban are the Sikh.Beside is the picture of turban. It was a kind of hat.
Where does it came from?Beside is the map of Punjab. Punjab is where the Sikh religion started. Punjab was in northwest India. A lot of Sikhism live in there. Some of the Sikh live in USA for over 100 years.
Sikhs live in America since 1897. The first Sikhism temple in USA was in Stockton, 1912.
What are the symbols?
Sikhism religion had two symbols.
This is one of the symbol. It present two swords. This symbol means belief in one God. It called "The Khanda".
This is another symbol that the Sikhism had. It reminds the Sikh that there is only one God. It says "IK OANKAR" that means "God is one being".Why there is no more gurus after the ten guru died?
Because it was decided that Sikhism will have Holy Book. Holy Book was like the bible in christian religion. It was called the Guru Granth Sahib.
Sikhism believe in one God only. They worship in the temple or gurudrawa. Gurudrawa means the gate way of gurus.
Thank You for reading this article.
Bibliography
Everything
http://www.infoaboutsikhs.com/
Accessed on September 23, 2007
Everything
http://www.sikhism.com/
Accessed on September 23, 2007
Turban Picture
http://images.google.co.id/images?gbv=2&svnum=10&hl=id&q=turban
Accessed on September 23, 2007
Map of Punjab
http://images.google.co.id/images?q=map+of+Punjab+&gbv=2&svnum=10&hl=id
Accessed on September 23, 2007
Picture and information for the symbols
http://atschool.eduweb.co.uk/carolrb/sikhism/symbols.html
Accessed on September 22, 2007
Everything
http://www.sgpc.net/sikhism/index.asp
Accessed on September 22, 2007
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I , (Andrew) have read your Religion Report and you have the following rating:Good effort
The introductory paragraph -Good effort
An explanation about the religion -Well done
The history of the religion -Good effort
Religious symbols -Good effort
Conclusion -Editting required
Bibliography -Good effort
You can add a motivational sentence here :-)Well done Mich I really appreciate it.
I have edited your assignment:
Do you know what is a Sikh? Have you heard about this religion? Sikhism is a religion that came from the Punjab region of northern India. They only believe in one God. It is 500 years old. Do you want to know more about Sikh religion? Please read the explanation below!
What is Sikhism?
The Sikhism religion was found by Guru Nanak Dev Ji in 1469. Now Sikhism has 26 million followers in the whole world. It was almost the 5th largest religion in the world. Sikhism had ten Gurus. In the Christian religion, Gurus means priests. Sikhism is different to Hinduism or Islam. 83.000 Sikh soldiers died in the Second World War. People in the USA who wore turbans are the Sikhs. Above is the picture of turban. It is a kind of hat.
Where does it came from?
Beside is the map of Punjab. Punjab is where the Sikh religion started. Punjab is in northwest India. A lot of Sikhs live in there. Some of the Sikhs have lived in the USA for over 100 years.
Sikhs have lived in America since 1897. The first Sikhism temple in USA was in Stockton, 1912.
What are the symbols?
The Sikhism religion has two symbols.
This is one of the symbols. It represents two swords. This symbol means belief in one God. It called "The Khanda".
This is another symbol that Sikhism has. It reminds the Sikhs that there is only one God. It says "IK OANKAR" that means "God is one being".
Why were there no more gurus after the ten guru died?
Because it was decided that Sikhism will have a Holy Book. The Holy Book was like the bible in the Christian religion. It was called the Guru Granth Sahib.
Sikhs believe in one God only. They worship in the temple or gurudrawa. Gurudrawa means the gate way of the gurus.
Thank you for reading this article.
Knowledge - (8 points)
Spelling - (2 points)
Punctuation - (5 points)
Report writing with introductory and conclusion – (4 points)
Relevant pictures with religious symbols a map – no map and only one symbol (5 points)
Bibliography in alphabetical order – your bibliography needed to follow our system – Author (year) Title URL and date accessed (3 points)
Total: 27/30
Well done Michelle. Your assignment taught me many things about Sikhism.
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