Adil Najam
Suggest a better title, if you can. This is how it was titled when we found it on the web.
The background (building, mountain, qanaat, and loudspeaker) does suggest that the caption was right in saying that this was in Pakistan. Probably a gymnast display at a fair or some such event.
What do you say? Impressive, odd, funny… or all of the above, and more?
More than that, if you know more about this picture, or about such events, do please share. I have always thought that someone should collect and organize mela performers into a roving troupe… not as much to send abroad to touyr, but to tour in Pakistan itself. I think it will make a profit, but more than that could help us all know ourselves, and our Pakistaniat, better.
DEAR FRIENDS, THIS IS AN ART PRACTICED IN MAHARASHTRA STATE OF INDIA.
— HS SIDHU, INDIA
Balay bai Balay
Could be anywhere in the Subcontinent. Good for these incredible performers if they are from India because at least there they get a little more respect as artists and performers compared to Pakistan. I know it’s a bitter pill to swallow but our tendency as a culture to label such talent as madaari or kanjar is what precludes us from projecting them proudly in the country and abroad.
Such exercises (less elaborate) are a regular part of Akhara training all over Pakistan. One of the way to train your muscles.
Pakistani Awam