One of thousands of families split by India and Pakistan's long dispute over Kashmir celebrated an engagement in a novel way, by hurling the gold engagement ring across a mountain river dividing the region.
Relatives of teenage cousins Mohammad Faizan, who lives in Pakistani Kashmir, and Samyra Bashir, who lives in Jammu and Kashmir, gathered on either side of Neelum River dividing the Himalayan region at sunset on Sunday.
The engagement was sealed when Mohammad's parents tossed a package containing a ring, a gold necklace and a dress 25-30 metres across the fast-following river into Indian Kashmir.
They then tied packages with other gifts, including cookies and coconuts, to a rope and hauled them across one by one.
Courtesy: Sumi
Relatives of teenage cousins Mohammad Faizan, who lives in Pakistani Kashmir, and Samyra Bashir, who lives in Jammu and Kashmir, gathered on either side of Neelum River dividing the Himalayan region at sunset on Sunday.
The engagement was sealed when Mohammad's parents tossed a package containing a ring, a gold necklace and a dress 25-30 metres across the fast-following river into Indian Kashmir.
They then tied packages with other gifts, including cookies and coconuts, to a rope and hauled them across one by one.
Courtesy: Sumi
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