NEWS> Camels Hired to Ease Travels Fear of Visiting India Due to War Threat Tensions With Pakistan
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- Date: Mon, 24 Feb 2003 09:38:48 -0600
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From: "David P. Dillard" <jwne@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Mon, 24 Feb 2003 10:29:57 -0500 (EST)
Nothing like a good camel race in the desert to lure tourists back to
India to witness the event.
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Camel race lures tourists to Indian desert
24.02.2003
The New Zealand Herald
<http://www.nzherald.co.nz/travel/
travelstorydisplay.cfm?storyID=3197413&thesection=
travel&thesubsection=destination&thesecondsubsection=asia>
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Growling and grunting, 25 camels hoist themselves up from a crouching
position and take off into the Indian desert, which comes alive with
cheers and shouts.
The camel race is one of the highlights of the desert festival at
Jaisalmer in the western state of Rajasthan, which draws up to 20,000
people from India and around the world into the harsh desert near the
border with Pakistan.
<snip>
But proximity to Pakistan and a 10-month military standoff that brought
the nuclear rivals close to war last year have driven tourists away from
Jaisalmer, and its 850-year-old fort, said to be India's most popular
monument after the Taj Mahal.
<snip>
Last year's festival was scaled down because of the tension - Jaisalmer is
a frontline district - but it has been boosted this year with new events
such as the camel race in the dunes, to draw the tourists back.
The centuries-old three-day festival which wound up on Sunday attracted a
diverse crowd, from United Nations health workers based in Geneva to
village women in bright red and orange saris, with scarves covering their
faces, to desert tribespeople.
It celebrates the culture and history of a tough desert state where summer
temperatures exceed 55C, with traditional music, dance, food and offbeat
events such as a turban-tying contest for foreign tourists and a camel dance.
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