Pakistan’s Sheedi community celebrates annual Sheedi Mela, or crocodile festival, at Manghopir shrine on the outskirts of Karachi.
The Sheedi Mela or Sheedi Jaat or Pir Mangho Urs is an annual spiritual festival in Manghopir neighborhood of Gadap Town in Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan.
Pir Mangho Urs is the most important event in the cultural calendar of the Sheedi community — a community of African-descended Pakistanis.
See the video, courtesy of AFP:
Pakistan’s Sheedi community celebrates annual #SheediMela, or crocodile festival, at Manghopir shrine on outskirts of Karachi pic.twitter.com/2ILmwwMZ9S
— AFP news agency (@AFP) March 6, 2018
source http://punchng.com/video-pakistanis-of-african-descent-honour-crocodile-at-annual-festival/
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