Over the course of seven fascinating hours, we saw a great many people in Lahore’s “walled city”.
Fellow members of our own group aside, not one of them was another “Western” tourist.
For the foreseeable future, I imagine, very few Westerners are likely to walk through Delhi Gate, and then experience one of the world’s most interesting urban precincts.
Presumably, that explains why our arrival was treated as one deserving of a “formal”, official welcoming ceremony!
The celebration of our arrival also involved a much less formal, more exuberantly rhythmic (and participatory) aspect, as the next chapter will illustrate.