KLiK it_ January 31, 2007
Posted by Administrator in : nomadika, kraziness , comments closedOK back from the Far East…here´s the evidence
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chakawali January 24, 2007
Posted by Administrator in : kraziness , 2comments“Chakawali” is a well known term in certain circles and is endowed with many meanings. Rooted in the Taera language, it can refer both to certain individuals and very particular things. Here are some of the most famous chakawali people of the moment.
karachi buses January 16, 2007
Posted by Administrator in : nomadika , add a commentWe´d seen extremely cool trucks and lorries on the road to Islamabad, but when we got to Karachi it turned out their public transport is pretty cool too. Check it out
spinning sufis January 10, 2007
Posted by Administrator in : nomadika , 1 comment so farAnother religio-cultural influence that Lahore possesses in greater quantities than any other city is that of Sufism. The mystical sect of Islam is commemorated with hundreds, maybe thousands, of shrines to Sufi saints, many of which are difficult to find. One nestles just outside the colonial-era King Edward Medical College, which resembles a sort of hot-weather Hogwarts. These shrines, in any case, are fascinating to see if one’s experience of Muslim culture is limited. They are a proof of the mutiplicities of Islam and a rebuke to the repulsiveness of any orthodoxy that wishes to curb their crazily blissful peacefulness. The Sufi, of course, are also responsible for qawwali music, and Lahore is full of qawwali performances. Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, the famous Pakistani vocalist, was a Punjabi, and at the shrines you imbibe something of the flavor of the intoxicating gentleness that defined him. We tried to check it out one evening, but it was cold, late and Taera and I didn´t much like being inside the ladies cage although its probably a good place to be when things eventually get going.
