One thing was most annoying to me in this city: the prohibition to smoke, in private or public places. While muslims do not eat pork and do not drink alcohol and hindus do not eat meat, the sikhs DO NOT SMOKE...I do not understand where this comes from, since cigarettes were not available by the time of their prophet (guru), around 1200 A.D.
Since communist religion has already prohibited mobile phones in North Korea, I just wonder…is there any faith or religion in this world that prohibits Tic-Tac or Kinder eggs?
WELCOME TO PAKISTAN
The Attari - Wagah is the only land border crossing between India and Pakistan and was opened half a century after partition. The daily ceremonial of closing the border just before sunset has since become a show in its own right, and a daily occasion for the locals on both sides to shout their sympathy to each other, over the wired fence. We saw the show from the Pakistani side, since we crossed the border one hour before the show was supposed to start...but not before drinking one last "secular" beer before we got into the "islamic" world.
A show of bellicosity so full of machismo, angry gestures and coregraphic looks that i found it difficult to hide my laughs.
Precision nastiness to show how angry you can get!
The excitement of the crowds grows highest during the lowering of the flags, as it is supposed no flag should hang higher than the other at any moment. However, this time the crescent moon of Muslim Pakistan remained a few seconds above the tricolour of secular India, a symbolism which sent crowds to climax.
The video shootings i did are so poor quality that i'd rather not show them:-(...... but you can always goto YT for a good summmary of the Attari - Wagah show
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