A tip o’ the hat to Bob at Raven’s Beak for forwarding the link to this story.
The India-Pakistan border-crossing ceremony is “more like a cricket match than a ceremony” — a kind of elaborate transborder military display complete with impressive hats and other regalia. Igpajo sez, “This ceremony looks like the bastard love child of a certain Monty Python skit and a Maori War Dance! Gotta love the little handshake at the end after all the posturing and stomping.”
Having watched the video, I couldn’t agree more!
Peter
I'm afraid your walk isn't silly enough to warrant a grant for further development.
Beyond the pageantry though, this kind of ceremony strikes me as a near-sacred touchstone in that piece of the world. Harder to go to war when you're trying to cooperate like that every evening… or at least I'd hope so.
And I thought the silly walk thing was restricted to actors…
Still: if it keps them off their weapons, so much the better!
Interesting…. and agree if it keeps em from shooting, more the better!
I suspect their nations respective stashes of "bottled sunshine" keeps the cross-border shooting to a minimum more than the stomping around while waving their arms at the gates. 😉
My man question is what's the deal with those hats? They make Zouave uniforms look practical!
The Ministry of Silly Walks is alive and well.
B Woodman