Friday, October 22, 2010

Painted Trunks of Kaladera !

There are tin trunks of every size imaginable in rural Rajasthan. From those in which you can fit a single bed to those for your jewellery. Trunk making is a skill in every village. And then there is the village painter , who paints everything from Baraat carts aka chariots on which the besura singer stands while the shaadi band plays ahead of him , to hoardings of shops, to walls inviting guests for marriage - and now due to us - trunks. We have used these same trunks to keep our wooden blocks for years.






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