TGD Housing Competition
Monday, March 30, 2015
One of the most cherished Spring activity in the village Thatta Ghulamka Dhiroka is annual housing competition. This is an open competition and everyone in the village participates. Judges select the best mud house, best details and best exterior and cash prizes are given.
This annual competition keeps the Dolls Village spanking round the year in addition to keeping the cultural morals alive. This year Winner Bibi Bashiran was the winner once again. Professor Aamir Rafique gave the cash prize.
Compitition with aims of preservation of rural cultural, heritage and environment protection was supported by FPAC and SPARC in Lahore through students from Punjab University.
The students were so impressed, that they have collected additional money for the winners.
Labels: Culture, Environment Protection, FPAC, Heritage, Prof Dr Norbert Pintsch, SES, SPARC, Thatta Kedona
posted by S A J Shirazi @ 1:12 PM,
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Preservation of Cultural Heritage: The Mud Village in Lahore
Tuesday, August 31, 2010
Labels: Culture, Heritage, Lahore, Mud Village
posted by S A J Shirazi @ 8:26 AM,
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Conventional Cooling
Sunday, May 9, 2010
Famous architect and artist Shaukat Mehmood (Maxim) will deliver a lecture on Mughal Cooling System (that was possible with mud architecture) today in Model Town Library (at 5:00 PM). Mud architecture fans and those who are interested in local heritage are invited. Muzafar Ghaffar of Lahore Art Forum is organizing and making this lecture possible.
Labels: Appropriate Technology, Heritage
posted by S A J Shirazi @ 10:06 AM,
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