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BSF celebrates Tattoo Day
November 19, 2007
For more than two hours, a colourful and well synchronised show enthralled the audience on the occasion of the Border Security Force's Tattoo Day at CCSCSB ground in New Delhi last Saturday.
It maybe part of the youth lexicon today, but the word 'tattoo' actually has military connotations and dates back to the seventeenth century, when British Army units were stationed in other countries. Drummers from the garrison were sent out into the towns each evening to summon the soldiers to return to the barracks. The process was known as Doe den tap toe or just, tap toe, and encouraged the inn-keepers to 'turn off the taps', ie, stop serving beer and send the soldiers back for the night.
Image: The Border Security Force band rides on camels during the Tattoo Day celebrations in New Delhi.
Photograph: Manpreet Romana/AFP/Getty Images
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