瓦嘎边境的仪式

巴基斯坦，2007年5月

海豆芽译自：http://rishida.net/photos/sets/thumbs.php?set=0705-wagha 

上传在google earth和google maps上的32张照片

边境闭关仪式

在瓦嘎，我们看到了一幕非常奇特的景象。每天早晨和傍晚，在印度和巴基斯坦边界关卡开关和闭关时举行一场仪式。士兵们表演设计好的一套好斗的动作，同时，观看仪式的人群向着印度那边呼喊着爱国的口号。在另一边，同样的场景也在上演。这真是大开眼界！但坦白地说有点不安。尽管现场大多数人看起来很高兴，但这不可能是改善国家之间宽容与合作的好方式。下列的照片诉说了这个故事……

看一段仪式的录象（摇晃的）。

地点：瓦嘎，旁遮普，巴基斯坦

日期：2007年5月5日

时间：格林尼治标准时间11点52分58秒

边境闭关仪式

 

1、巴基斯坦和印度的边关大门

 

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3、这个人的工作是煽起人们的爱国狂热。而且他取得了成功。（对我来说，也许是这整件事情中最不爽的场面之一。）

 

 

4、警卫都是很高的个子，有着惹人注目的形象。

 

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6、巴基斯坦一侧的男人们聚集在一起。

 

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8、特地搭建的观众席一边的女人们

 

9、这位主角，也是观众的领导者，跑向边关大门并对着聚集在那一边的印度人挥舞着旗帜，呼喊着口号。在另一边有人也作着相似的事情。

 

 

10、也允许（只允许）女观众来向着印度那边摇旗。

 

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13、这个人的工作是煽起人们的爱国狂热。而且他取得了成功。（对我来说，也许是这整件事情中最不爽的场面之一。）

 

 

14、在照片中你能看到大片印度人群

 

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16、一会儿后，士兵们突然威武地出场，并开始他们的跺脚与踢正步表演。

 

 

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21、步伐是快速敏捷的，动作粗暴，同时有许多高踢腿和跺脚。

 

22、在跺脚之后，警卫以一个挥手结束（还有一些表情我没能拍摄到的挑衅性的脸部表情）。

 

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29、国旗彼此交错降下。仪式的值得一提的部份是，尽管漂亮的好斗的面孔刚刚收起，巴基斯坦和印度的士兵在大门关闭之前挥手致意。

 

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Wagha Border Ceremony

Pakistan, May 2007

Border closing ceremony

At Wagha we saw an extraordinary spectacle. Every morning and night there is a ceremony when the border between India and Pakistan is opened and closed. The soldiers make choreographed, aggressive movements and the crowds that gather to watch shout patriotic slogans towards the Indian side. On the other side, the same thing is going on. It's an extraordinary sight, but frankly rather unsettling. Even though most of the people present seemed to enjoy themselves, it can't be a good way to improve international tolerance and cooperation. The photos that follow tell the story...

See a (shaky) video of a part of the ceremony.

Location: Wagha, Punjab, Pakistan

Date: 2007-05-05 Time: 11:52:58 GMT

Taken by: Richard Ishida

Original dimensions: 3456x2304 (8MP)

Camera: Canon EOS 350D DIGITAL

Focal length: 88 (equiv. 141mm)

ISO speed rating: 100 (Flash did not fire)

Geotagged: 31.604522,74.571691

Tags: border, Wagha, Punjab, Pakistan

Location: Wagha, Punjab, Pakistan

Date: 2007-05-05

Time: 11:52:58GMT

copyright © 2006 Richard Ishida ishida@w3.org

 

Border closing ceremony

1 Pakistani and Indian border gates.

3 This guy's job was to whip the crowd into a patriotic frenzy. And he made a successful job of it. (Probably one of the least comfortable aspects of this whole thing, for me.)

4 The guards are all very tall, with striking looks.

6 The male side of the Pakistani crowd.

8 The female side of the specially built auditorium.

9 The protagonists, and later the audience, run up to the border gates and wave the flag at the Indians gathered beyond, shouting slogans. There are people on the other side doing a similar thing.

10 Female members of the audience (only) were allowed to wave the flag at the Indians too.

13 This guy's job was to whip the crowd into a patriotic frenzy. And he made a successful job of it. (Probably one of the least comfortable aspects of this whole thing, for me.)

14 You can see the (bigger) Indian crowd in this picture.

16 After a while, the soldiers suddenly make a brisk appearance, and begin their show of defiant stamping and goose-stepping.

21 The marching was quick, the movements brusque, and there were many high kicks and foot stampings.

22 After stamping, the guard finishes with a flourish (and some aggressive face-pulling that I didn't manage to capture).

29 The flags are lowered past each other. The one redeeming part of this was that, despite some pretty aggressive facing-off, the Pakistani and Indian soldiers shook hands before the gates were shut.