@Mezhgan Swords, knives and nowadays guns are our jewellary thats why would be also decorated on walls :)
Some people , specially from urban centres of punjab and sindh find our this tendency very "disturbing". I was watching an old bollywood movie "junoon" 1978 based on an english novel "flight of the pigeons", based on true account. A rohilla pathan of shahjahanpur kidnaps an english lady and her daughter in the riots of 1857. It was interesting to see how pathans were depicted in that movie. On horses, always carried sword and these daggers as well as bandooq when outside, very distinguished from other hindostanis. This "jewellary" was our "laatti" and we made "bains" ours with it.
You know, I have never understood what it is that disturbs people about this. After all, most cultures display the things that they value or have valued historically. The British (and other cultures as well) display suits of armour, shields, swords, and other antiques of that nature as well.
A friend of mine was over at our house recently and saw some of the things we have on the wall and found that strange and in conversation mentioned that she finds the display of these “unusual” and “unnerving.” :hehe:
It not unusual to find antique hunter guns hanging on the walls of farmhouse and country side houses in Pakistan. My Uncle has two antique hunter guns proudly displayed in his main drawing room of his Islamabad house. But he's genuinely into hunting, and those guns have a quite a lot history behind them.
I have had people ask about it though as we have a few things that people find usual: 2 large swords mounted on the wall, a knife like the one @marwati posted above over the front door threshold and a 3ft pulwar in its sheath against an endtable. All for decorative purposes, I assure you.
This is the major difference between Punjab/Sindh and Pashtuns. In Punjab weapons are usually with dacoits and other similar kind of people. I think people who have them are somehow looked down upon.
This is the major difference between Punjab/Sindh and Pashtuns. In Punjab weapons are usually with dacoits and other similar kind of people. I think people who have them are somehow looked down upon.
I think this was the peception few decades back, but shikari got guns and at that time shikar was common.
Now, with law and order situation perception is changes. People consider it necessity to have arms.
Speaking of which, maybe this should be a different thread, but how common/popular is hunting in your observation?
in India, my bro tells me, hunting by common man [only Muslims] was common. men used to go almost on every weekend and the kids would follow them...these hunting trips were aimed at shooting large birds [Russian migratory birds {mostly surKhaab (geese)} on river Ganges in winter]...large animals like neel gaaye [blue cow] was prohibited by law but Muslims hunted them on the request from local farmers...they are a menace to farmers...they graze on standing crops. i've been to several such trips [when the tradition was almost dying]people still hunt but not that frequently.
