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  Punjab lasso Information
The Punjab lasso is a type of weapon referred to in Gaston Leroux's novel The Phantom of the Opera.
The Punjab lasso gets its name from the Punjab region of India and Pakistan where it was made.
It is unclear, however, whether the Punjab lasso was used or not.
www.bookrags.com /wiki/Punjab_lasso   (673 words)

  
 Chapter Interesting Vicissitudes of Phantom of the Opera by Gaston Leroux
No one knows better than he how to throw the Punjab lasso, for he is the king of stranglers even as he is the prince of conjurors.
Erik had only his lasso; and it was always just when the warrior thought that he was going to fell Erik with a tremendous blow that we heard the lasso whistle through the air.
And, even then, when these had `had enough,' they were always at liberty to put an end to themselves with a Punjab lasso or bowstring, left for their use at the foot of an iron tree.
www.bibliomania.com /0/0/34/72/16885/6.html   (931 words)

  
 Punjab pictures and videos on Webshots
Dusk at the Wagha Border, Punjab (between India and Pak...
hari mandir (east), golden temple, amritsar, punjab, in...
hari mandir iii, golden temple, amritsar, punjab, india
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 punjab - Ask.com Web Search
Punjab (Punjabi: ਪੰਜਾਬ) is a state in northwest India and forms a part of the larger Punjab region, which also includes the Punjab province of Pakistan and the Indian states of Haryana and Himachal Pradesh.
The Punjab state borders the Punjab province of Pakistan to the west...
The Punjab Agricultural University was established in 1962 to serve the state of...
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 directopedia : Directory : Regional : Asia : India : Punjab
Punjab region, an area of South Asia shared by India and Pakistan.
Punjab (Pakistan), the most populated province in Pakistan.
Punjab Lasso, a weapon made of cat gut used to strangle people, mentioned in Gaston Leroux's novel The Phantom of the Opera.
www.directopedia.org /directory/Regional-Asia/India-Punjab.shtml   (219 words)

  
 The dreaded Punjab lasso [The Lair - Forum] - Phantom of the Opera .com
Let's see, the lasso is a weapon which can be constructed of almost any material strong enough to bear the tension from silk scarves to wire.
Though the wielder is required to be close enough to cast the lasso around their enemy's neck, the death is usually clean with little evidence of assault.
As it is, to defend yourself against a punjab lasso, hands at the level of your eyes and you have to get it right the first and only time you throw it.
www.phantomoftheopera.com /modules/newbb/viewtopic.php?post_id=259983   (2848 words)

  
 It's all about me me me...
lasso better than he does, and he is the king of stranglers as he is the king of prestidigitators.
lasso […] With a deft movement of his wrist, Erik would tighten the slender lasso around his enemy’s neck, and he would then drag him in front of the little sultana and her women as they watched from a window and applauded.
lasso; with it she killed several of her women and even some of her visiting friends.
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 Malica |
The Punjab Lasso may look threatening, but this Punjab is hardly threatening looking at all!
Punjab is a region covering Northwestern India and Northern Pakistan (a person from the region is usually referred to as a Punjabi).
In the case of Erik's infamous punjab lasso, "Punjab" refers to the area that this lasso is from.
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 Random Works of the Web » Blog Archive » Punjab lasso
According to Erik’s old friend, the Daroga, the Punjab lasso is made from cat gut and only by placing your hand at the level of your eyes can one escape it.
As the play reaches its end, the Phantom attempts to kill Raoul using the lasso in the hope that Christine will marry him, once Raoul is dead.
As in the stage musical, the Phantom uses it to kill Buquet; to kill Piangi in order to take his place in Don Juan Triumphant; and in his attempt to kill the Vicomte.
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 Punjab - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Punjab Hill States, an administrative unit of British India
West Punjab, the part of the Punjab which became part of Pakistan
Specific Punjab institutions (for example, Punjab Assembly) are disambiguated separately.
www.knowledgehunter.info /wiki/Punjab   (155 words)

  
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The Persian knew that Erik was an expert in using the Punjab lasso to choke and kill a victim.
On the floor was the Punjab lasso rope that had hanged Buquet.
______________________________________________________________________ Erik was an expert in using the Punjab lasso to choke and kill his victims ______________________________________________________________________ Raoul discovered the revolving mirror when he was hiding in Christine’s dressing room.
www.palmbeach.k12.fl.us /Multicultural/ESOLCurriculumDocs/Secondary/Gr12EnglishU1L5(9-05).doc   (19075 words)

  
 How to make a Punjab Lasso... [The Chorus - Forum] - Phantom of the Opera .com
Punjab is a city in India, and I guess that is where Erik learned to make it...
DOM it is a rope and i think i know how to make one out of a jump rope but it is really really hard to post several steps....
I think the difference is that a 'punjab' is portable.
www.phantomoftheopera.com /modules/newbb/viewtopic.php?post_id=187915   (1293 words)

  
 The Angel of Music's Labyrinth | TTC - Punjab Lasso
The Punjab Lasso was a lasso made of catgut.
It was also used to make the roaring Lion sound that Raoul and Darius heard while in the torture chamber.
Erik invented the Punjab lasso during the "rosy hours of Mazenderan" for the amusement of the little sultana.
theangelslabyrinth.tripod.com /punjablasso.html   (65 words)

  
 The Point of No Return - Phantom of the Opera
During the ballet, however, Buquet's body, hung with the Punjab lasso, falls from the flies.
In the ensuing panic, Christine and Raoul flee to the roof.
Piangi, who has also met with the Punjab lasso, is discovered behind the scenes.
www.theatre-musical.com /phantom/synopsis.html   (1306 words)

  
 Keep your hand at the level of your eyes...why?
Put your hands to the level of your eyes and inagine if someone was trying to put a punjab lasso around your head.
Before I learned about the Punjab lasso I thought "Keep your hand at the level of your eye" was to prevent the Phantom from hypontizing you.
But since the Phantom's choice of weapon was the punjab lasso, it was best that if you were "fortunate" enough to cross paths with the Phantom, it was bet that you keep your "hand at the level of your eyes" Joseph Buquet obviously didn't listen very well to Mme Giry's advise did he?
musicals.net /forums/archive.php/keep-your-hand-at-the-level-of-your-eyes...why__o_t__t_46473.html   (1394 words)

  
 Punjabi language resources
Punjab Lasso, a weapon made of cat gut used to strangle...
The language of the people of Punjab, on both sides of the international border, is Punjabi ; however, the alphabet used is different (Gurmukhi on the...
Also, as an adjective, the word Punjabi qualifies anything or anyone that is related to either Punjab or the Punjabi language, such as the speakers of Punjabi, inhabitants of the Punjab or the Punjabi...
www.mongabay.com /indigenous_ethnicities/languages/languages/Punjabi.html   (1289 words)

  
 Jedi Council Forums - ~"Masqueraaaade!" The Phantom of the Opera movie discussion thread~
It's a way of protecting yourself from the Punjab lasso, which is the Phantom's choice method of killing.
The Punjab lasso is thrown about the neck to strangle the victim (although in the play it is magical and can stand in the air on its own).
If you keep your hand at the level of your eye, the lasso won't be able to go around your neck but will catch on your arm instead, and so you won't be strangled.
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 MusicalFans > Phantom on isle twelve...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
I googled "Punjab", and apparently it's the northeastern area of India that borders Pakistan.
Oct 23 2004, 05:02 PM They had a restaurant in Germany (in Dusseldorf I think) that was called Punjab and we walked by it and I wanted to take a picture but my dad wouldn't let me because he didn't get it.
Jan 15 2005, 08:20 PM In class during World History we were learning about the French-Prussian war and I saw Punjab on a map.
www.musicalfans.net /forums/lofiversion/index.php/t3317.html   (462 words)

  
 The Phantom of the Opera (2004) - FAQ   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
By keeping your hand at the level of your eyes, you create a space between the punjab lasso (noose) and your neck allowing you to escape and rendering the rope useless.
You know, the one where she ropes him, tells him to shut up and keep his hand at the level of his eyes....
Joseph Buquet (to the the ballerinas): "You must be always n your guard or he will trap you with his magical lasso." (putting the lasso around his neck, with his hand in place to prevent strangling).
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 Close Encounters Of The Self-insertion Kind (D.B.C.A)
Erik twitched his Punjab lasso in her direction, and she fell silent.
He threw the lasso with surprising dexterity considering his highly-strung emotional state, and it hit its mark quite admirably.
Heather unwound the lasso from her wrist and throat irritably.
s12.invisionfree.com /dbca/ar/t764.htm   (5210 words)

  
 "The Phantom of the Opera" Chapter Twenty-One
Hiei had only his lasso; and it was always just when the warrior thought that he was going to fell Hiei with a tremendous blow that we heard the lasso whistle through the air.
I simply told Kuwabara-kun to keep his hand at the level of his eyes, with the arm bent, as though waiting for the command to fire.
Then, upon reflection, Hiei went back to fetch the Punjab lasso, which is very curiously made out of catgut, and which might have set an examining magistrate thinking.
www.amandaswiftgold.com /fanfic/phantom/phantom21.htm   (3731 words)

  
 Act I ~ Scene 7   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
Buquet mysteriously appears, a length of fabric serving as a cloak, and a piece of rope as the Punjab lasso.
Demonstrating his method of self-defense against the Punjab lasso, he inserts his hand between his neck and the noose, and then pulls the rope taut.
With a mixture of horror and delight, the ballet girls applaud this demonstration.
www.stormloader.com /phantom/acti_07.htm   (134 words)

  
 Movie Spoiler for the film - THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA
They leave and on their way back overhear Buquet pretending to be the Phantom and demonstrating how to fight off the Phantom's Punjab Lasso ("Magical Lasso") Madame Giry cautions him to be quiet, lest he get killed by the lasso.
They then arrange for a set called "The Ballet" from act three to be performed, and this happens while Buquet, who saw the Phantom earlier, pursues him across the rafters...and ends up getting choked with the lasso and thrown onto the stage.
Don Juan heads offstage to let Christine come on unobserved, but he is met by the Phantom and more importantly, the Punjab lasso.
www.themoviespoiler.com /Spoilers/phantom.html   (2999 words)

  
 ROTTEN TOMATOES: The Vine: The Rattler Reviews
To anyone familiar with the libretto, these scenes stick out like sore thumbs...there didn't seem to be any real effort to write quality dialogue for them.
There are a few other small changes made (the Phantom's use of his punjab lasso, the circumstances surrounding the crash of the chandelier--including one of my favorite lines from the stage show: "Behold!
She is singing to bring down the chandelier!") that I didn't particularly care for, but there were also a few nice elements added in from the original book by Gaston Leroux that just weren't workable in the stage version.
www.rottentomatoes.com /vine/journal_comments.php?journalid=189581&entryid=142412   (225 words)

  
 In This Corner: The Phantom of the Opera versus V
Unfortunately, he doesn't heed the warning of a certain Persian and neglects to keep his hand at the level of his eye.
Upon entering the cellar, V is quickly ensnared by the Phantom's punjab lasso.
Erik tosses the lasso around his neck, catches V in the noose, and then hangs it from the rafters, seemingly leaving the masked man to die.
www.uvm.edu /~chmartin/phantom_v.html   (823 words)

  
 operagasm: Um..... HI!!!!
*glares* But it is in fact a Punjab lasso, our dear Erik's weapon of choice.
And being your humble Punjab Happy Friend myself, I am holding a lightsaber, which is my weapon of choice.
I added the dancing condom--I mean Punjab Lasso-- to my b-list.
community.livejournal.com /operagasm/255287.html   (991 words)

  
 How Many People? (D.B.C.A)
I have threatened many people with the Punjab Lasso.
I usually threaten people by saying "If you don't stop, I swear I'll get Erik to punjab you!" this is followed by yet more staring.
Well, if I were to do that, (which I wouldn't) I could punjab them all for even thinking about phantom...
s12.invisionfree.com /dbca/ar/t135_0.htm   (2848 words)

  
 Pakistan Locations List - Mohra Chhappar to Mohra Lasso
Mohra Chhappar, Punjab, Populated Place, Long: 73.01667 Lat: 33.55
Mohra Dhannal, Punjab, Populated Place, Long: 73.16389 Lat: 33.21944
Mohra Lasso, Punjab, Populated Place, Long: 72.88333 Lat: 32.85
www.traveljournals.net /explore/pakistan/locations/m/177.html   (540 words)

  
 Braingle: 'All You Phans Should Know' Riddle
On farms and rodeos, they use lassos to capture cows.
If you've seen or read any version of the Phantom of the Opera, you'd know that he uses a Punjab Lasso as his weapon to kill people.
If you become a registered user you can vote on riddles.
www.braingle.com /29923.html   (90 words)

  
 Ghostly Whispers - Castle of Spirits.com Ghost Story
I was trying to jump rope during recess time.
After a few years, I read a certain book and found out that the Punjab lasso was a choice murder weapon for a popular literary character, which was a rope.
And it could have been made from a jump rope, if need be.
www.castleofspirits.com /stories05/ghwhispers.html   (430 words)

  
 The Phantom of the Opera the complete text to the Gothic Novel by Gaston Leroux: Chapter 24   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
Then we rolled on the floor with a hoarse cry of despair.
de Chagny put the one pistol that was still loaded to his temple; and I stared at the Punjab lasso at the foot of the iron tree.
But, as I stared at the Punjab lasso, I saw a thing that made me start so violently that M. de Chagny delayed his attempt at suicide.
www.dagonbytes.com /thelibrary/opera/chapter24.htm   (3182 words)

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