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Sun, sand and castles
Around 200 people participated in the “2nd Sandcastle Building Competition”, organised by a youth organisation, Let’s Build On. PHOTO: FARAH KAMAL
A sandcastle competition was held at Sea View, Karachi, on Sunday in which around 200 people participated.
Awesome and very very happy to see such activities in Pakistan…..!
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The fourth Picture with Nazi Insignia will land you in Jail in Germany and in America but in ignorant countries like Pakistan where Murder is celebrated especially of Jews these signs are a way of celebrating Art.
One Should remember that Nazis killed one Million Romas or Romani People as well and they were not Jews but they were Pakistani looking people who are the most hated community right now in Europe as they are Gypsies who immigrated from these same plains of Mostly Punjab region to Europe hundreds of Years ago and they are almost same like people of Pakistan and even their language have Urdu and Punjabi words in them and they were slaughtered on the name of Racism by Hitler and we ignorant have no idea what we are doing.
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Dude, thanks but no thanks for your history lesson………. Just appreciate the efforts of the organizer who single-handedly has done it all…… Who can believe that even such activities are still possible in a city which is ravaged by crime and terrorism??? Keep up the good work, LBoN
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@Awans…go and check the pic again. I think the maker has used swastika sign not to potray anything anti-jew or pro-nazi but more as an Hindu sign, which it actually is. It is possible that make of the sculpture is a Hindu. If you look again the swastika has for dots which are not part of the swastika used by the Nazi party.
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@Awans I CAN’T do anything myself so I will go around commenting on other people’s effort. You should learn some local history and culture before commenting and comparing stuff form the west
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Awesome! Arts should be promoted!
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@Awans:
I appreciate your concern for racial sensitivity. However please note that the picture shows the ancient symbol “Swastika” which has been found in ancient Indus Valley Civilization objects dating as far back 600 BC. The symbol is still in use in some Hindu Cultures. The word “Sawstika” means “to be good”.
The Symbol that you are talking about, used by the Nazi party, is somewhat similar but definitely not the same. The Nazi Party removed the dots, rotated it slightly and made the symbol much more angular.
So, I am sure that the person who made this sculpture intended to show the ancient symbol not its more infamous cousin. So appreciate the efforst and don’t be too quick to judge :)
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5th picture is A. Awesome
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@Dan: your response is anti-liberal and cannot be tolerated on this website! @Awans; Totally agree. People like you are a hope in the otherwise intolerant and decaying society! Keep it up!
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