Ummm...there is a joke in here somewhere.

[csbdr]

Here's a good example...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gpY4M6nPpUQ

[herminator]

Anyone here listen to Corvus Corax?

Yep, here!
Live in Wuppertal in September - they were great!

And THIS is Pakistani too:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MAwrrtIRGNs

[csbdr]

aside from the obvious difficulty of finding a good pipe band in Pakistan, I was wondering just HOW this fascination with Scottish culture originated there. Is this a leftover of Britain's involvement in the region? I'm making the assumption that there is at least an interest. Most things are cheaper to make in 3rd world countries, but is it common for the country making the foreigner's product to adopt part of it's traditions? Yes, I know one culture assimilating parts of another has been happening since the dawn of time, but in this case the disparity between the 2 culture is SO striking, and the cultures themselves so different, that the adoption is COMICAL. I wonder if, 200 years from now, highland pipes will be so accepted in Pakistan that they are thought of as a native part of their culture, and the Scottish connection lost.

[cessna152towser]

One has to wonder, were the pipers really such bad players that it was necessary to dub another style of music over them.

[macwilkin]

aside from the obvious difficulty of finding a good pipe band in Pakistan, I was wondering just HOW this fascination with Scottish culture originated there. Is this a leftover of Britain's involvement in the region? I'm making the assumption that there is at least an interest. Most things are cheaper to make in 3rd world countries, but is it common for the country making the foreigner's product to adopt part of it's traditions? Yes, I know one culture assimilating parts of another has been happening since the dawn of time, but in this case the disparity between the 2 culture is SO striking, and the cultures themselves so different, that the adoption is COMICAL. I wonder if, 200 years from now, highland pipes will be so accepted in Pakistan that they are thought of as a native part of their culture, and the Scottish connection lost.

Correct. A number of units of the Indian and Pakistani Armies have adopted the bagpipes and even tartan. Some units were twinned/affiliated with the old Scottish Regiments (I'm not sure as to the status of affiliation between the new Royal Regiment of Scotland) -- and then of course there is the Gurkhas, who always had a long-standing friendship with the Jocks.

T.

[Jack Daw]

Now I know where 18th Century epaulets went after death.

[Bigkahuna]

If I recall correctly, there use to be a pipe band mounted on camels!! That's something I really would have liked to see. Obviously, the idea never caught on.ith: