Pakistanis saddle up for horse-riding festival

More than 300 renowned horse riders from Pakistan take part in an event organised to promote recreational activities for Islamabad residents. Duration: 01:15

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over 2 years ago

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World, Lifestyle

Topics

Middle East & North Africa, Leisure & Recreation

Places

Pakistan, Middle East, Islamabad

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SHOTLIST: ISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN, 05 APRIL, 2014 (SOURCE: AFPTV) - VAR horse dancing during tent pegging festival in Islamabad. - VAR riders warming up - VAR tent pegging. - VAR crowd - Shot of the winning team celebrating SOUNDBITE 1: Malik Meharban Ali (man) (Urdu, 28 sec). "The atmosphere which is our country under is one of terrorism, inflation and other matters. The people are tense, their lives are paralyzed so these kind of events which are taking place or scheduled to take place in Islamabad or all around the Pakistan bring a wave of happiness among the people and people become happy from such events." SOUNDBITE 2: Malik Meharban Ali (man) (Urdu, 25 sec). "I believe that the tent pegging event should take place everywhere in our country it should take place in the districts and in all cities. People are happy with such events, you see here with the event there are drums etc these are the symbols of happiness. People do like these kinds of events; children and families come to watch." -----------------------------------------------------------