Mela / Urs of Sufi saints in rural areas is an experience of its own kind. You can see handicrafts of the region, can enjoy traditional sweets (like khopra mithai) and experience richness of folk music.
There are, however, some activities which seems OTT, when you first come across those. One of such activity is maut ka kunwan (death well , if translated literally). Till the bike wala comes to show his kartab, khusras will entertain audience by looking at each audience and lipsing on Third-class songs like ‘tum sa koi piyara koi masoom nahin hai’. lols
Have you ever seen this ‘maut ka kuwan’ tamasha?
Is it different in different cultures / countries? BTW, where did this concept originated?
maiN ne AligaRh kii saalaanah numaaish ke dauraan "maut kaa kuaaN" dekhaa jis meN stuntman ne Khoob kartab dikhaaye...ek motor cycle par thaa duusraa small Maruti car meN aur donoN kueN [well] ke andar ek duusre ke opposite direction meN apnii apnii vehicles chalaa rahe the.
it was quite stunning for me at the time. kaleja muNh ko aataa thaa...lol
