India and Pakistan Wagah Border Closing Ceremony
January 1, 2016 9:00 PM   Subscribe

 
My memory is fuzzy, but this was the premise of a feature story on a nightly news (forget if it was ABC or NBC) back in the early 2000s...
posted by JoeXIII007 at 9:20 PM on January 1, 2016 [1 favorite]


Love that handshake right at the end.
posted by Itaxpica at 9:22 PM on January 1, 2016 [4 favorites]


Dance, fuckers, dance. Keep your hands off the nukes and motherfucking dance, I said.
posted by Cool Papa Bell at 9:24 PM on January 1, 2016 [2 favorites]


There was footage of this on one of Anthony Bourdain's travel shows. It looked pretty fun, as displays of military aggression go.
posted by GameDesignerBen at 9:31 PM on January 1, 2016 [1 favorite]


In a similar vein: Indian Artillery Demonstration.
posted by Confess, Fletch at 9:50 PM on January 1, 2016 [2 favorites]




Ooops, maybe just the extended version of the closing one....
posted by St. Alia of the Bunnies at 9:57 PM on January 1, 2016 [1 favorite]


It had somehow never occurred to me that 'beating a quick retreat' involved drums.
posted by jamjam at 10:53 PM on January 1, 2016 [1 favorite]


It is a retreat as opposed to reveille to mark end or start of a day's duty, not a retreat as in run away from battle.
posted by techSupp0rt at 1:53 AM on January 2, 2016 [1 favorite]


Also don´t forget the India Army Motorcycle Corps!
posted by foleypt at 2:15 AM on January 2, 2016 [1 favorite]


This is pretty amazing when you see it live.
posted by bardophile at 2:18 AM on January 2, 2016 [1 favorite]


Reminds me of a haka.
posted by tavella at 3:11 AM on January 2, 2016 [3 favorites]


Reminds me of a haka.

That was my reaction as well.

In a similar vein: Indian Artillery Demonstration .

The coordinated movements and dancing steps made it seem like artillery as performed by a boy band, great theater but an odd combination with war machinery.
posted by Dip Flash at 5:45 AM on January 2, 2016 [1 favorite]


I saw this with my own eyes, it was incredible to see.
posted by Meatbomb at 7:03 AM on January 2, 2016 [1 favorite]




Obviously John Cleese picked up some material here.
posted by Oyéah at 8:30 AM on January 2, 2016 [1 favorite]


Also step shows.
posted by zoinks at 8:52 AM on January 2, 2016 [2 favorites]


I have seen film of this marvelous threat display before.
It's pretty cool as ridiculous displays of masculinity and territorial aggression go. I wish countries would do this instead of going to war.
The Indian Motorcycle Corps is pretty awesome too.
posted by Katjusa Roquette at 10:51 AM on January 2, 2016


I think between the uniforms and the facial hair, Pakistan won this round.
posted by kersplunk at 11:05 AM on January 3, 2016


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