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Thatta Kedona - The Toy Village of Pakistan - Part 2 (Germany 2005) |
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by Joachim Polzer |
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Presented at Globians Film Festival 2005: Thatta Kedona |
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is a remarkable village in rural Pakistan. 36 volunteers |
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from Western countries have visited and coached the |
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village people in a help to self help project since 1991. |
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Dolls and tin toys reflecting regional cultures of |
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Pakistan are products which generate cash income for the |
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farming families through the local cooperative-like NGO. |
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But those volunteers from Western countries are also |
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having fun by working creatively in a remote village of |
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Islamic society with strong overlays by the traditional |
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culture of Indus Valley (Harappa 3.000 B.C.), the Mogul |
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period, influences from the colonial British-India period |
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and the Punjab country culture. Hence the playfulness of |
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a "toy village" is on both sides: for the villagers by |
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manufacturing hand-craft toys for cash in a not-yet |
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industrialized region avoiding rural exodus to the big |
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cites (poverty slums that are generated in cities by |
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migration). -- And on the other side one can notice the |
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joy of Western volunteers being confronted at work by |
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their own history framework but in present time and with |
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a very foreign and sometimes strange context. |
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Date Published: 2005-10-12 04:00:26 |
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Identifier: Thatta_Kedona_D_2005_Part_2 |
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Item Size: 2147483647 |
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Language: German and English |
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Media Type: movies |
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