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Dissonance in Cairo


Bagpipes in Egypt Bagpipes in Egypt

Some things are just...wrong. Frighteningly, horribly wrong. And as we walked into a 5-star hotel in Cairo for luncheon, we were greeted by people in the costume of the pharaohs...with bagpipes.

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[info]aekai
2007-05-22 05:13 pm (UTC)
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It that anywhere near the tomb of Tut Hoot Mon?

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[info]miramon
2007-05-22 06:57 pm (UTC)
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And why not? The first mention of bagpipes in literature was in Egypt in 100BC. Of course, they probably weren't Highland pipes in tartan...

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[info]debgeisler
2007-05-23 02:11 am (UTC)
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Of course, they probably weren't Highland pipes in tartan...

Which, I might add, clash horribly with their costumes...

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[info]eackerman
2007-05-22 08:07 pm (UTC)
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I have a feeling smofbabe will chime in on this one also, but we saw Egyptian bagpipers at the Edinburgh Tattoo and at the end they carried around a pyramid. It was...different.

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[info]debgeisler
2007-05-23 02:10 am (UTC)
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I'm not sure which is worse...your experience, or mine -- seeing these guys in Egypt, with the real pyramids visible in the background.

Either way...troubling.

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