🪨 👰🏻♀️🤵🏻♂️🇵🇰 ~ There used to be a tradition in Pakistani weddings (mostly among Hazarewal), Gutti, where an 80 to 120 kg stone was lifted by the groom as a sign of his strength and virility.
If no one on the grooms side could lift the stone, the wedding would be called off.
The tradition survived to this day but as a sport throughout 🇵🇰, mostly men between 18 and 23 years of age take part but there are no official age restrictions.
"If someone takes part in competition, and fails, news of it will be discussed in his village [up north] for days and the man will not show up for days due to insult."
The rules are tough. The stone cannot touch your body and there are only a few finger holds drilled into the cement ball. You cannot use your thumbs to lift it. The man must use his palms to grip the stone and try and do as many sit-ups as possible. Some barely manage five.
If no one on the grooms side could lift the stone, the wedding would be called off.
The tradition survived to this day but as a sport throughout 🇵🇰, mostly men between 18 and 23 years of age take part but there are no official age restrictions.
"If someone takes part in competition, and fails, news of it will be discussed in his village [up north] for days and the man will not show up for days due to insult."
The rules are tough. The stone cannot touch your body and there are only a few finger holds drilled into the cement ball. You cannot use your thumbs to lift it. The man must use his palms to grip the stone and try and do as many sit-ups as possible. Some barely manage five.
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🏔️ Gasherbrum, Karakoram, Pakistan.