Benapole–Petrapole border ceremony
The Petrapole-Benapole joint retreat ceremony was inaugurated on 6 November 2013 by the Indian Home Minister at Integrated Check Post (ICP) Petrapole-Benapole in the presence of the Home Minister of Bangladesh. It is a daily military exercise, similar to the Wagah Border ceremony, and engages soldiers of Border Security Force (India) and the Border Guards Bangladesh.
Image: BSF and BGB
Image: Border Guards Bangladesh
Image: BSF at Petrapole
Image: Lowering of Flags
Attari–Wagah border ceremony
The Lowering of the Flags ceremony at the Attari–Wagah border is a daily ceremony that the security forces of India and Pakistan have jointly followed since 1959. The drill is characterized by elaborate and rapid dance-like manoeuvres and raising legs as high as possible, which have been described as "colourful". It is both a symbol of the two countries’ rivalry, and a display of brotherhood and cooperation between the two nations.
The ceremony takes place on the border between Attari, India and Wagah, Pakistan but technically it is on Hardo Rattan land as Attari village ends 3km before the Border although it is the last Railway Station of India.
Image: The SAARC Car Rally 2007 being welcomed by traditional Drummers at the Wagah Border on March 28, 2007
The Attari–Wagah border ceremony at the border crossing
Marching by Indian Border Security Force soldiers at the Attari border crossing
