Dear reader: can anyone enlighten me?
I am a keen fan of military parades and march pasts. I regularly watch on TV the annual Trooping of the Colour in London and sometimes the very long Independence Day parade at the Red Fort in Delhi.
Recently, I noticed that the Indian army bagpipe bands tend to sway as they march. See https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9fkT6SdD9LQ and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fgW0HnY9crA Bands without bagpipes do not sway.
I tried to check via Google if the Pakistani army bagpipe bands did the same and couldn’t find any example. So, my conclusion is that it was not a habit formed during the Raj but developed indigenously after Independence.
So the question: when and why did the Indian army bagpipe bands develop this swaying action?
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