India Pakistan Border Closing Ceremony Video

Festival Location: Wagah, Pakistan

Festival Type(s): National Festivals, Bizarre Festivals

Join Michael Palin on this 5 minute peek into the over-the-top border closing ceremony held daily at Wagah - between India's Amristsar and Pakistan's Lahore.

These neighbours and part-time combatants take national rivalry to a whole new level in a display that's three part theatre to two parts ceremony.

Marvel at the python-esque marching of the border guards, oooooooohhhhhhh at their fanciful headwear and ahhhhhhhhhh as the gate slams shut amidst the type of hysteria usually reserved for boy bands.