Pakistani Cultural Day

The official Pakistani Day is on 23 March, but since school was closed for two weeks for Spring Break, they did it early. Right after the opening speakers, the students all went out on Palm Field and release baloons with messages to the world. Notice all the baloons are green and white, the Pakistani national colors.


Here we are posing with a Tik-Tik (ricksahaw) wearing our traditional Pakistani outfits (shawal khamiz). Jim looks a lot like one of the groups up in the Northwest Tribal areas. Several Pakistanis have commented on it.


These are the two drummers who were hired for the event. They are part of the traditional music and merry-making.

This is actually a chalk drawing. The way they do it is to take a flat piece of metal and make holes with a nail in a pattern. They then put powdered chalk on it and shake it over the concrete. You can make some pretty amazing patterns with this stuff.

This is a short video showing what the opening ceremony looked like. Jim panned around with the camera so you can see the size of the tent.

In the past, the Pakistani Day celebrations have lasted as long as a week!