Events / FestivalsFlag Lowering Ceremony

Frommers writes that the flag lowering ceremony at Wagah is "one of the world's oddest" events. It's a "pompous display of military bravado" that serves as a "major" attraction for tourists who travel great distances to see it. The so-called Retreat is a "high-kicking, toe-stepping, quick-marching" display. The performance is supported by "cheering [more]

Jerry and Maggi went to see the Wagah border ceremony from the Pakistan side and thought it was a "fantastic" exhibition of "nationalistic passions" - like a blend of "pantomime and Monty Python". There were "high stepping" marches, "disdainful faces" and a "cacophony" of chanting. The Indian crowd was bigger but the Pakistani crowd "seemed muc [more]