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Great Game of Bull Race

Bull race or suhaga race is one very common in India and Pakistan. But now this is a rare event in some village melas and cattle mandies festivals.  Farmers of Punjab after sowing their crops start festivity in the form of melas and village festivals. In these melas villagers enjoy the thrill of village sports like bull race and cart race.

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Camel Dance 

Camel Dance – Colors of Punjab Culture

Camel Dance or dancing camels is a rare scene in most part of the earth now. Subcontinent Pakistan and India is a land of diverse culture. Almost all regions have their unique traditions. Punjab province of both side i.e Eastern and West Punjab is rich in this regard. Many folk festivals celebrated there with lot of cultural activity. Camel Dance is one of these. This art needs lot of training to the animals. It is fading now as new generation do not have time and skill to train these beasts.

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Spring Light of March

Once enchanting villages with simple and healthy rural life are now vanishing. But still there are are some pockets remain in the Punjab Pakistan which are showing glimpses of beautiful rural life. Farmers are going to their fields with bullock carts on mud roads in the beautiful light of spring must be a scene out of this world. In this image I have tried to show the mesmerizing simplicity and beauty of rural life in Punjab Pakistan.

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Herders Back to Home

Life is beautiful around the rivers in Asian countries like Pakistan and India. Farmers and herders go to their fields early in the morning and come back home late evening. Some time young boys ride buffaloes and enjoy. Village landscape rivers is marvelous and enchanting. It looks a bit like desert but more green and versatile.

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Nomad Boy and His Pet Dog

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A farmer is going to farmland for daily work.

A Farmer in the April Morning

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Vanishing Beauty Of Kalash

Kalash valley Pakistan in Chitral is unique in its cultural beauty.  These valleys are situated in the beautiful mountains of Hindukush.They are rare people and surely an endangered community due to multiple factors. Kalash culture and people show love for all people and each other. Their language is Khowar which is rich in literature and is spoken in most areas of the Chitral but do not have common written form. The music of the valley is rich and mostly in khawar language. ‘

Religion of Kalash people is similar to the primitive Greeks who worshiped gods and goddesses. Many of their gods are animal deities and their idols are erected in the streets. These are mostly horse and goat mouths. Some human figures of wood are also found in some areas.

There are three valleys of Kalash people known as Bombret, Rambor and Barir. Total inhabitants of these valleys are less than 4000. They are are under immense pressure of extinction due to many factors. Most important factors among these is the rising tourism in the area. There is no control over hotel construction. Rich investors are making huge hotel buildings which are not only devastating the beauty of the area but also destroying the business of local small hotel owners. Many companies like PIA and TDCP using kalasha people for their ads without any compensation. Many religious organization are working there to convert these people into their faith. Among these many christian and Muslim missions are active. Lives of Kalash people are really miserable due to these factors. Security threats are recent menace due to rising wave of religious terrorism. Tourists misbehave during their festivals and authorities have no system to protect kalash people. Hotel owners buy fuel wood and other commodities at high rates which are becoming unavailable to the local people. There is a need for immediate attention by the  Government authorities to save this unique community from extinction.

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Horses In Action

World over people love to see horses in action. Horse is among the most beautiful and graceful animals. Galloping horses in rugby races , in polo matches and in tent pegging sports are a subject of immense importance for the photographers. In Asia raising horses is an elite hobby and most landlords keep horses for race, dance and tent pegging. Polo is another popular game being played on the back of horses. In some more remote areas of Asia like Baluchistan in Pakistan and in Afghanistan, a game name Buzkushi is also being played in which horsemen fight for a headless goat. Here are some incredible pictures of horses in action which mostly I shoot during my assignments on tent pegging from different village fairs in Pakistan.

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Fast and the Furious Bull Cart Race

Bull cart race is most popular rural sports in India and Pakistan. It is fast and furious like Formula 1 car racing held world wide. About sex to seven bull carts race together and there are many sessions. Then the final takes place among the round winners. People from most near and fare villages come to witness the great game of aggression and agility. Drivers of the carts are mostly professionals and they charge from the bullock owners for their services.

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Portrait of a Mystic Man

In the shrines of different sufi saints in subcontinent (India and Pakistan) life is still like it was in ancient times. Suddenly you meet with a face which looks like from some other world. These mystic men are from different cults and mimic their spiritual leaders even in their look.

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