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The Museum of Rural life
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Ceiling
of the entrance |
Interiorly
the museum is divided into various
sections. The very first room contains a
collection of Harappan pottery and coins
which were collected from Sector 17 of
Chandigarh.
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Next
is an open kitchen which includes all the
necessary kitchen equipment like a big
paraat, an old type of Chulha (the
hearth), a peerhi etc. Besides there are
two dummies of house wives - one carrying
a gaggar (the bronze pot) on her head and
another rolling the chappatis. In a room
on the left are placed old bronze utensils
for cooking, eating, drinking and milking
the cattle.
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The
low walls of the open air Kitchen
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Grain
Bins
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The
next room has other household equipments
like grain storage bins, spinning wheel,
other equipment for ginning, spinning,
weaving etc. Besides there are pictures of
village artisans by the artist Kehar
Singh. A dummy of a lady making trouser
string lies in the centre of this
room.
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Grindstone |
The
next room one enters in contains a
beautiful dummy of a house. Wife grinding
grains with the handmill. This room also
contains some home equipments and baskets
made from reeds and date leaves. Outside
this room in the verandah is a kuppa (a
huge oil container).
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The
next section contains musical instruments
like Dholak (the drum), and other string
instruments like Sitar, Sarangi, Tumba and
Algoza.
The next compartment has a cradle for the
baby, a large cot, a walker and other
toys. Items that were given in the dowry,
the vanity boxes, the mustard oil lamp are
all there.
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dummy of a housewife churning milk. |
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Then there
is a well with all necessary equipment for
drawing water.
Next lies a small closet with items
involved in religious ceremonies.
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After
passing through another room containing
decorations and harnesses, saddles and
Jhuls for cattle, horses and camels, we
come to a section that contains
traditional agricultural implements.
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The balcony
built primarily for display of Phulkaris
looks fabulous. There are dummies of 7-8
housewives embroiding the
phulkari.
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There is
another dummy of a bride sitting in a Dola
just about to leave her parents
home.Representation of Bhangra Dance of
Punjab is done through toys.
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Dress of Punjabi
Bride
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The typical
dress of a Punjabi lad and lass are on
display
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Dress of Punjabi
Bridegroom
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The jewelry
and the Punjabi Jutis (foot-wears) are
also displayed in showcases
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This museum reveals
the true picture of rural Punjab. All the visitors
thus are much enthralled by its splendor.
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