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Wagah Flag Lowering Ceremony (Amritsar, India)
 Wagah Flag Lowering Ceremony (Amritsar, India) ... side put up a well co-ordinated and spectacular display.Newest Review: ... with her game. ** Waiting for the Fun to Begin ** Wagah is about a 30-45 minute drive out of Amritsar depending of course on how much traffic there is and just how rubbish your vehicle is. We arrived about an hour and a half before the ceremony was due to begin and were swamped by post-card sellers, guys with DVDs of the ceremony for sale and over-zealous café and bar owners trying to get ... more ... us to drink beer in their open air cafes. Beer's a bit deal at the border because the centre of Amritsar, out of respect for the Golden Temple, is both 100% vegetarian (which in Indian terms means no eggs as well as no meat) and totally alcohol free. ...more |
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Wagah Flag Lowering Ceremony (Amritsar, India): Can-Cans and Conflict on the Border (1484 words)
by - written on 10/01/09 (Very useful, 193 readings)
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I'm taking a small diversion away from our recent holiday in Bhutan and Darjeeling to write about one of the highlights of the previous year's holiday in the Punjab; the famous flag lowering ceremony at Wagah. ** What is it? ** The daily flag lowering ceremony at the Wagah border crossing between India and Pakistan is one of the most bizarre displays of mutual dislike combined with pure theatre and a great example of nationalism and pride. Every day, come rain or shine, war or peace, the border guards of India and Pakistan go through the motions of closing the gates that join the two countries, under the watchful eyes and with the loud support of ... Read the complete review
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