Amritsar - change of the ambiance. We are again in a peaceful land with nice people. They are quite good merchants so we have our dose of "no, thank you".
Sikh religion is a response to limitations of both Hindu and Islam.
Having a lot of principals joining Buddhism, their main message is: "we
are all equal". Consequently, everybody is welcomed in their temple
and...everybody is fed lunch!
Golden Temple is a "Mecca" for Sikhs and tourists so every day there is a
lunch prepared for thousands of people! What an organisation!!! I was
mesmerised with the amount of volunteers and great efficiency of our
hosts. The cauldrons of food were carried up and down, hundreds of
volunteers were distributing food, pouring water, cleaning floors and
washing dishes. The kitchen was full of ladies making chapattis and an
enormous cauldron was stirred by men. And it was even tasty!
You know how comedians are taking their inspiration from... real life. I can tell you now where Monty Python founded the inspiration for the Ministry of Silly Walks - at Indian Pakistani border changing of guards.
Just look by yourself - one is my little shot (sorry, I was rolling on the floor so didn't take the beginning of the show :-)
and here you are the Monty Python one as well.
This is Indian side...
...and that's Pakistani
The guards on both sides engaged into these rituals of silly walks, opened the gate for about 10 minutes, shook hands and the show was over.
Before though there was a lot of building up patriotic emotions with a race with the flag or dancing (only ladies) to some Indian pop music.
and the emotions were strong...
You know how comedians are taking their inspiration from... real life. I can tell you now where Monty Python founded the inspiration for the Ministry of Silly Walks - at Indian Pakistani border changing of guards.
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