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Border closing ceremony
Pakistani and Indian border gates.
Location: Wagha, Punjab, Pakistan
Date: 2007-05-05
Time: 11:57:07GMT

Border closing ceremony
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.)
Location: Wagha, Punjab, Pakistan
Date: 2007-05-05
Time: 12:36:01GMT

Border closing ceremony
The male side of the Pakistani crowd.
Location: Wagha, Punjab, Pakistan
Date: 2007-05-05
Time: 12:20:16GMT

Border closing ceremony
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.
Location: Wagha, Punjab, Pakistan
Date: 2007-05-05
Time: 12:32:31GMT

Border closing ceremony
Female members of the audience (only) were allowed to wave the flag at the Indians too.
Location: Wagha, Punjab, Pakistan
Date: 2007-05-05
Time: 12:40:58GMT

Border closing ceremony
Female members of the audience (only) were allowed to wave the flag at the Indians too.
Location: Wagha, Punjab, Pakistan
Date: 2007-05-05
Time: 12:41:19GMT

Border closing ceremony
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.) As you can see, he had them "eating out of his hand".
Location: Wagha, Punjab, Pakistan
Date: 2007-05-05
Time: 12:44:08GMT

Border closing ceremony
The marching was quick, the movements brusque, and there were many high kicks and foot stampings.
Location: Wagha, Punjab, Pakistan
Date: 2007-05-05
Time: 13:12:06GMT

Border closing ceremony
Location: Wagha, Punjab, Pakistan
Date: 2007-05-05
Time: 13:13:07GMT

Border closing ceremony
Location: Wagha, Punjab, Pakistan
Date: 2007-05-05
Time: 13:19:30GMT

Border closing ceremony
Location: Wagha, Punjab, Pakistan
Date: 2007-05-05
Time: 13:20:32GMT

Border closing ceremony
Location: Wagha, Punjab, Pakistan
Date: 2007-05-05
Time: 13:17:37GMT

Border closing ceremony
Location: Wagha, Punjab, Pakistan
Date: 2007-05-05
Time: 13:20:25GMT

Border closing ceremony
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.
Location: Wagha, Punjab, Pakistan
Date: 2007-05-05
Time: 13:26:46GMT

Border closing ceremony
Location: Wagha, Punjab, Pakistan
Date: 2007-05-05
Time: 13:30:11GMT