rickshaw art
January 10, 2006 12:53 AM   Subscribe

The Ricksha Arts of Bangladesh "This website is dedicated to celebrating one of Bangladesh's unique popular arts, the paintings and decorations on the three-wheeled cycle rickshaw"
posted by dhruva (10 comments total)
 
neat - reminds me of those painted semi-trucks in India from a link a while back. We don't hear much in the Western press from Bangladesh - unless it involves inundation or poverty. Nice to see something positive.
posted by Dag Maggot at 2:14 AM on January 10, 2006


Interesting! I'm in Bangladesh right now (relatives are here) and I actually rather like rickshaws. Thank you for the links; they will be something to share with the family.
posted by divabat at 4:33 AM on January 10, 2006


Nice! More here at Banglapedia.
posted by jamesonandwater at 6:08 AM on January 10, 2006


should also be known as "Pimp My Rickshaw."
posted by zadermatermorts at 7:59 AM on January 10, 2006


Nice. There are a couple of these parked permanently outside an Indonesian restaurant in Calgary. Sadly, those two have fallen into disrepair as of late, but it's super cool seeing more of the breed.

neat - reminds me of those painted semi-trucks in India from a link a while back.

Or Filipino Jeepneys. Or North American lowrider/chopper/kustom bicycle culture.

The urge to take a standard transportation device and decorate and/or customise it to look super bitchin' is probably as old as the wheel. It's nice to be reminded of its universality.
posted by arto at 8:42 AM on January 10, 2006


[this is cool] - another fascinatng post from dhruva - thanks!
posted by madamjujujive at 9:54 AM on January 10, 2006


those painted semi-trucks in India...

See also the trucks of Pakistan. With an excellent gallery of images.
posted by LeLiLo at 11:42 AM on January 10, 2006


Excellent post. I got to try to pedal an unpainted one on the Embarcadero and though I consider myself a pretty strong cyclist, it was hard.
posted by fixedgear at 2:33 PM on January 10, 2006


arto -- hah, Jeepneys were the first thing to come to my mind, too. Lelilo -- those trucks are great! If I ever learn to drive, I'd like to decorate my car. If I'm going to spend all that money on it, I might as well make it look like mine, y'know?

Neat post, dhruva.
posted by Marit at 4:07 PM on January 10, 2006


This was a fun post, and informative follow up links. Yay!
posted by dejah420 at 9:48 PM on January 10, 2006


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