The greatest party on earth?
Declan Walsh writing for the Guardian:
Pakistan’s tourism ministry designated 2007 as “Destination Pakistan”, the year when tourists were urged to discover the country’s sights and delights. Their timing couldn’t have been worse. A military ruler clinging to power, al-Qaida fanatics hiding in the mountains, suicide bombings booming across the cities – in 2007, Pakistan has become a byword for peril and turmoil.
But there is another Pakistan, one the majority of its 165 million people are more familiar with. It is the thrusting software entrepreneurs and brash new television stations. It is the kite flyers and partygoers and the strangers who insist you sit for a cup of tea. And it is Sehwan Sharif.
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I liked this description of the Qalanadar:
>Qalandar, a sort of medieval hippy
LoL
thanks for dropping by
yes I liked it too – a little irreverent but funny – perhaps a foreign visitor would gather such an impression looking at the fun the followers of the saint indulge in:)
I’ve listened to a lot of songs by the late Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, praising the Sehwan waala Pir, and like all of them quite a bit.
it a Woodstock in Pakistan
What a wonderful festival to attend.
Ya Haqq!
Now, that was an interesting inroad into Pakistani culture! Thanks.