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2004-08-29 Afghanistan/South Asia

Sikh millions gather for historic jubilee

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Posted by .com 2004-08-29 1:45:31 AM|| || Front Page|| [2 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 I wonder when the scheduled religious riot is due? It's sort of pro forma for gatherings like this.

Posted by Anonymoose 2004-08-29 10:37:48 AM|| 2004-08-29 10:37:48 AM|| Front Page Top

#2 4 million daggers, religious fervor, hindu and muslim enemies...sounds like a party!

Posted by Frank G 2004-08-29 10:41:28 AM|| 2004-08-29 10:41:28 AM|| Front Page Top

#3 I like their headgear: neatly folded and sharp creases, not like others we know and see.

Posted by Alaska Paul 2004-08-29 12:26:10 PM|| 2004-08-29 12:26:10 PM|| Front Page Top

#4 I was in India two years ago and a local business contact, a Sikh, took a co-worker and I to a Sikh festival, the Gurupurjab (sp?). I linked some of our pics to Rantburg afterward in the comments to a previous Sikh new article (I don't have them up on a site right now, though).

It was a rolling good time, crazy crowds, elephants, bands and some kids demostrating their sword and spear skills. Apparently there are "clubs" of a sort that teach that sort of thing. I got the impression the clubs were like a combination of the Boy Scouts and Karate School, mixed together.

Very cool, and the crowds were very friendly to us. What we found strange was that they kept recognizing us as Americans, yet India is crawling with European tourists (we never ran into any Americans other than our group in six weeks, but Europeans all over the place). We weren't dressed differently so much from the Europeans though. At least to my eyes, lol.

Posted by Laurence of the Rats 2004-08-29 5:27:20 PM|| [http://www.punictreachery.com/] 2004-08-29 5:27:20 PM|| Front Page Top

#5 All the Sikh people I have met here in the US were nice folk. It sad they have been oppressed in India in the past. I often wondered about the dagger thing in high school. We make having a knife a crime on school property and these folks (men) must carry one as part of their religion. Yes they carry it hidden so you don't even know they have one here in the west. That should just freak the LLLs and moonbats out. Imagine that, they carry "concealed weapons"! "Oh humanity!"

Posted by Sock Puppet of Doom 2004-08-29 5:38:51 PM|| 2004-08-29 5:38:51 PM|| Front Page Top

#6 What we found strange was that they kept recognizing us as Americans

It's the body-language and physical attributes.

Posted by Pappy 2004-08-29 8:49:26 PM|| 2004-08-29 8:49:26 PM|| Front Page Top

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