Truck Art in Pakistan (2018)

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Post by brudgers » Tue, Jan 05, 2021, 12:00 AM UTC

Truck Art in Pakistan (2018)
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Post by ggm » Tue, Jan 05, 2021, 12:02 AM UTC

The linkage between flamboyance and business is really cool! Truck hire must be very direct for this to work.

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Post by mustntmumble » Wed, Jan 06, 2021, 8:29 PM UTC

Here is another article about the painted trucks.

https://archive.aramcoworld.com/issue/200502/masterpieces.to...

I was trying to find out why people started building wooden crowns on top of the Bedford trucks in the first place, but no luck... Did the crowns come first, and then get painted, or did the art come first, and then people added the crowns in order to create more surface area for the art?

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Post by haidrali » Wed, Jan 06, 2021, 8:50 PM UTC

Good to see Pakistan related post on HN

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Post by nomy99 » Wed, Jan 06, 2021, 8:52 PM UTC

haidrali wrote: post #4

Good to see Pakistan related post on HN

True, but as someone who grew up in Pakistan, these trucks are generally regarded as an eye sore.

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Post by umeshunni » Wed, Jan 06, 2021, 9:03 PM UTC

nomy99 wrote: post #5

haidrali wrote: post #4

Good to see Pakistan related post on HN

True, but as someone who grew up in Pakistan, these trucks are generally regarded as an eye sore.

why?

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Post by the_arun » Wed, Jan 06, 2021, 9:05 PM UTC

I respect & appreciate talent of Pakistanis in art & music. They have some legendary singers. Not sure it is the language (Urdu) giving them that skill or they are natively talented.

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Post by tsomctl » Wed, Jan 06, 2021, 9:05 PM UTC

Somewhat related, the Youtube channel Pakistani truck (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC64FbxoHfUWd5hykYk5_BvQ/vid...). Here's a good example video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9E3TnJX61Oo

It's absolutely amazing how good of work they do using ridiculously crude tools. Extremely skilled people. I strongly recommend you don't watch if you're a manager or OSHA inspector, though.

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Post by nomy99 » Wed, Jan 06, 2021, 9:07 PM UTC

umeshunni wrote: post #6

nomy99 wrote: post #5

Earlier quoted context omitted.

True, but as someone who grew up in Pakistan, these trucks are generally regarded as an eye sore.

why?

The trucks are often not maintained well mechanically so there is a real danger when sharing the road with them. Secondly, from my anecdotal experience they are driven carelessly and there is a genuine fear factor from them.

Also, Pakistani people generally have an avant-garde attitude towards flamboyancy. So this art kind of gets bucketed in that.

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Post by jim-jim-jim » Wed, Jan 06, 2021, 9:20 PM UTC

A similarly garish subculture exists in Japan:

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dekotora

I've never seen one on the road though. I wonder if it's just a car show kinda thing.