Super Surprising Set by Thatta Kedona
Thursday, January 31, 2013
Thatta Kedona is planning a special offer for our German speaking friends of dolls in Germany-Austria-Switzerland. Thatta kedona is organizing a Super Surprising Set with 9 original handicraft Items, gifts for family, friends and children, all together. You can order now!
Die Belieferung per Paket kostet Zeit. Bei Bestellung nutzen Sie bitte Western Union. Betreffend Vorkasse senden Sie bitte eine eMail an thattakedona1@hotmail.com. um die aktuellen Preise, inclusive Porto zu erfahren. Sollte diese Geschenksendung wider Erwarten verzollt werden, so sind diese Gebuehren von Ihnen zu tragen.
Labels: Development, Thatta Kedona, Toys
posted by S A J Shirazi @ 8:00 AM,
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Handicrafts and Appropriate Technology in Cameroon
Wednesday, January 30, 2013
Readers at Light Within are familiar with the work of NGOs and how Thatta Kedona (and also SPARC) is making difference in a small village Thatta Ghulamka Dheroka situated on the bank of River Ravi near Gogera. Dr. Senta Siller (mother of dolls) and Dr. Norbert Centre (fondly called by village community as chaudhry sahib) keep toggling between Germany and the remote village with fresh ideas and people of the village keep making new products (dolls, tin toys and other decorative cultural mementos) keep travling from village to the entire world. Now the untiring couple has started another project in Cameroon. Heritage and Appropriate Technology Center is born in Cameroon.
Heritage and Appropriate Technology Center Cameroon is Bamenda - capital of North West Region in the Republic of Cameroon - based NGO. The NGO is focusing on development, presentation on exhibitions and promoting of appropriate technology. Do-it-yourself usage of appropriate technology gives a hope of independence from central technical infrastructure. And handmade dolls, dressed in traditional attires from the different provinces are a means of additional income generation in rural areas. Heritage and Appropriate Technology Center Cameroon involves men, women and also children in different initiatives.
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posted by S A J Shirazi @ 8:29 AM,
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On Bringing Change
Tuesday, January 29, 2013
The lives of the residents of this village changed 15 years when a German art teacher took up her student Amjad's invite and visited his village: Thatta Ghulam da Dheroka.
An enterprising spirit, she asked the villagers about their craft. The women showed her hand-made rag dolls. The art teacher, Dr Senta Siller, told the villagers she could teach them to make refined hand-made dolls.
Read more »Labels: Change, Development, Ramla Akhtar
posted by S A J Shirazi @ 8:30 AM,
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Electricity by kites
Monday, January 28, 2013
Pakistani press publicized in the summer of 2010 that a hobby scientist managed to produce as much as 3 volts direct current by launching a 10 square foot kite.
The young man by the name of Shakeel Amir resides in Shirin Muafi, a village close to the city of Okara. The AFA (NGO) Center of Technology Transfer and Training in the village of Thatta Ghulamka Dhiroka plans another experiment using no source of power at all (prior experiments required electricity!) to improve the results.
As with other NGO projects, the results of the latest experiments are supposed to improve the situation in the rural areas where insufficient technical infrastructure leads to various shortcomings. There is a continuous demand for decentralized power supply due to the fact that no help from the city can be expected.
Read more »Labels: Appropriate Technology
posted by S A J Shirazi @ 9:52 AM,
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Thatta Kedona Awards
Friday, January 25, 2013
Labels: Images, Posters, Thatta Kedona
posted by S A J Shirazi @ 9:39 AM,
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European projects
Wednesday, January 23, 2013
Labels: Dolls of the World, Posters
posted by S A J Shirazi @ 8:00 AM,
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Oh Okara
Tuesday, January 22, 2013
The agricultural city derives its name from a tree known as 'Okaan'. During British period once Lahore - Multan railway line was being laid, there was a jungle of Okaan at this place, hence the name. Few van (salvadora) trees _ at the verge of extinction are also found in this part of the country. At the time of partition, one out of two textile mills that came as the share of Pakistan is in Okara. The city was declared district headquarters in 1982.
In 1930, Okara was famous agricultural market in the area. Presently, the Sabzi Mandi (fruit and vegetable market) handles sale of largest quantity of potatoes than any other market in the country. Muhammad Sarwar who is an arhti in Sabzi Mandi says, "Even the sheds are not being constructed.” The committee has engaged only four ill-equipped sanitary workers for cleaning the market premises. We have employed our own sweepers and watchmen". Similarly, the Grain Market (with eight gates) is also situated in the city. It does not have any drainage system and water keeps on standing in the form of ponds.
Read more »Labels: Okara, Thatta Kedona, Travel
posted by S A J Shirazi @ 9:06 AM,
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Dohla From Punjab
Monday, January 21, 2013
Read more »Labels: Dolls
posted by S A J Shirazi @ 11:54 AM,
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With love from Projekt Landgut Bosig
Wednesday, January 16, 2013
Cultura Project gets dolls' naked bodies from village Thatta Kedona, TGD
Read more »Labels: Dr. Senta Siller, Images, Landgut Bosig
posted by S A J Shirazi @ 8:00 AM,
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Pakistan Truck Art
Tuesday, January 15, 2013
Double click to enlarge - Images by Dr. Norbert Pintsch
Labels: Dr. Norbert Pintsch, Posters, Thatta Kedona Impressions
posted by S A J Shirazi @ 8:00 AM,
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Punjab Heritage
Monday, January 14, 2013
Thatta Ghulamka Dhiroka - The Toy Village - is the name of the village in Punjab, about which a lot has been written, about its unique and special concept, Thatta Kedona is the name under which the handicraft products of the village and institutions connected to it within and outside the country are marketed.“Thatta Kedona” is quite different in nature as compared to other NGO's or similar institutions: Help and support is provided to the people within the countryside, because “if the villagers earn some money, they are not forced to move to the cities, which are already overburdened with many problems”.
Labels: Dolls Village
posted by S A J Shirazi @ 8:00 AM,
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Thatta Kedona in Pak German Forum
Saturday, January 12, 2013
Double Click to enlarge
Labels: Publications
posted by S A J Shirazi @ 8:20 AM,
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Volunteer at Work in TTTC
Friday, January 11, 2013
Labels: Volunteers
posted by S A J Shirazi @ 8:02 AM,
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Fine Art of Woodwork
Thursday, January 10, 2013
Engraved woodwork - the name is enough to collectors, travellers and cautiously curious dreaming. Antiquity is the first message of the ancient art. And, woodwork executed in villages of Pakistan is a collector's delight that needs to be preserved.
During the Mughal era, Pakistan produced many intelligent personalities and talented artisans who occupied positions in the Mughal courts. Artisans of Pakistan have instinctive good taste and they have achieved a distinctive excellence in woodwork. They are said to have been employed during the construction of Taj Mahal at Agra and Golden Temple at Amritsar. Special types of furniture and decorative items with brightly lacquered woodcarvings and coloured woodwork are still made here and famous all over the world. Gujrat, Chaniot and Multan are particularly famous for woodwork.
What this internationally acclaimed craft of the country needs is an institutional patronization and extensive efforts for preservation. Made in Pakistan wood items are found at different antique shops and but this art seem to be fading away in the face of the factory made items. It can be a potent source of earning for village artisans if attention is paid to and earnest efforts are made. Sadly, the trained incompetents responsible for export promotion of art and culture do not see this and the unique potentials and its cultural importance yet.
During the Mughal era, Pakistan produced many intelligent personalities and talented artisans who occupied positions in the Mughal courts. Artisans of Pakistan have instinctive good taste and they have achieved a distinctive excellence in woodwork. They are said to have been employed during the construction of Taj Mahal at Agra and Golden Temple at Amritsar. Special types of furniture and decorative items with brightly lacquered woodcarvings and coloured woodwork are still made here and famous all over the world. Gujrat, Chaniot and Multan are particularly famous for woodwork.
What this internationally acclaimed craft of the country needs is an institutional patronization and extensive efforts for preservation. Made in Pakistan wood items are found at different antique shops and but this art seem to be fading away in the face of the factory made items. It can be a potent source of earning for village artisans if attention is paid to and earnest efforts are made. Sadly, the trained incompetents responsible for export promotion of art and culture do not see this and the unique potentials and its cultural importance yet.
Labels: Handicrafts
posted by S A J Shirazi @ 10:44 AM,
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Women Art Center
Labels: Posters, Women Art Center
posted by S A J Shirazi @ 8:24 AM,
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Poupées du Monde (French)
Tuesday, January 8, 2013
Poupées du monde
Les poupées ont toujours existé. La preuve en est qu'elles ont été découvertes dans des fouilles en Amérique du Sud, dans le Sous-continent, au Japon, en Italie, en Grèce, et sur d'autres sites partout dans le monde. Faites de matériaux très divers tels que le bois, la cire, l'argile, le tissu, etc., elles n'étaient pas seulement un jouet mais étaient aussi utilisées comme des symboles religieux et des objets de cultes : par exemple comme des représentations miniatures de personnes.
Encore de nos jours, elles sont utilisées par de nombreuses personnes comme des fétiches. Aujourd'hui, les experts ne sont pas certains de l'usage premier des poupées : un jouet duquel furent développés des objets de cultes ou une figure de culte qui est devenue un jouet.
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Encore de nos jours, elles sont utilisées par de nombreuses personnes comme des fétiches. Aujourd'hui, les experts ne sont pas certains de l'usage premier des poupées : un jouet duquel furent développés des objets de cultes ou une figure de culte qui est devenue un jouet.
posted by S A J Shirazi @ 8:04 AM,
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Silk Painting Workshop
Thursday, January 3, 2013
Labels: Volunteers
posted by S A J Shirazi @ 9:01 AM,
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One Product – One Village
Wednesday, January 2, 2013
The village project of the NGO A.F.A. in TGD with its Image Brand of TOY VILLAGE represents an income-generation method for the village population, which is based upon the traditional culture of the area.
The main local buyers are diplomats, experts and managers of international companies as well as tourists and other travelers.
Labels: Prof Dr Norbert Pintsch, Thatta Kedona
posted by S A J Shirazi @ 10:00 AM,
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Tailor Workshop
Labels: Crafts, Volunteers
posted by S A J Shirazi @ 8:59 AM,
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Dolls Village
Tuesday, January 1, 2013
This article appeared in daily the Nation
Village Thatta Ghulamka Dheroka - a cluster of mud and brick houses - looks like any typical Pakistani village. The fact is that awareness, community work and use of appropriate technology has changed the village all together. Influence from Indus civilization from nearby Harappa and modern techniques brought by use of appropriate technology can be seen in the village together.
The toys and handicrafts made in the village are on display in international museums, prestigious galleries and showrooms in Pakistan and abroad. Thatta Ghulamka Dheroka (TGD) got an international fame when village project Thatta Kedona (meaning toy from Thatta) was selected as one of the 767 worldwide projects presented in the "Themepark" at global expo in Hannover (Germany) as an example of thinking of twenty first century. The toys and handicrafts from TGD show how culture goes beyond simple work of art and becomes collaboration among applied and natural sciences as well as other forces that affect our lives.
Read more »Labels: Dolls, Dr Karola Groch, Dr. Senta Siller, Prof Dr Norbert Pintsch, Toys
posted by S A J Shirazi @ 9:30 AM,
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