Cmpact Caravan

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The Painting In Modern Rickshaws

The Painting In Modern Rickshaws

Uncle Lion's Bride, Museum Collection Panel, artist Alauddin
Dhaka, 1987

Tiger Fishing Dhaka, 1986

The Taj or a mosque on a lotus was a popular theme in the 80's. Museum collection panel. Dhaka

A one-off image of probably the rick owner's baby, on Rajshahi ricksha. 1987.

Hindu God

Prays To Allah

Fairies (pori), mythical beings thought to be dangerous to men if encountered at night.

Poet Nazrul & Poet Rabindronath

Parrot Entertainers Rajshahi, 1976

One Actor Two Actress

Saddam & Laden

Pray to Allah

Action Film

"Lal Memsahib" Movie, Museum Collection Panel Rajshahi, 1987

The Dhaka cinema version of the Indian bandit queen, Fulon (Phulan Devi in India), painted on both hood panels on a ricksha. The backboard picture is also movie material. 

Painted seatback upholstery piece with two movie stars, on display in a ricksha supplies shop. Dhaka, 1982. Note the interesting bird framing figures on either side of the picture, a common and beautiful feature of ricksha panels in the early eighties.

Film star Bobita as Nagini, the cobra-transforming sister of Nag, a "mythological" movie.

ovie material: baddie on left, two "modern" women. Dhaka, 1982. 

This design of medallions with inserted figures, such as the roses shown here, but also peacocks and stars, usually surrounded by stars, flowers, and butterflies, were a major Dhaka hood design in the 1980's into the 90's.

The Baby Taxi Arts Of Bangladesh

The Baby Taxi Arts Of Bangladesh

Whole City, Dhaka

Bangladesh National Airline, Tempo

Dhaka, 1987

Rural Scene, Baby Taxi
Dhaka, 1987

London Bridge

Animal Combat, Baby Taxi
Dhaka, 1986

1st Rickshaw Festival Observed In Dhaka

1st Rickshaw Festival Observed In Dhaka

Bangladesh observed for the 1st time Rickshaw Festival on Saturday. The festival observed in Dhaka. Dhaka is the capital of Bangladesh. The festival is known as 'rickshaw capital of the world'.

Approximately 400,000 cycle-powered rickshaws run in the capital every day. This is also the reason for increasing traffic congestion and resulting collisions.

"The festival is meant to promote this environment-friendly vehicle, and the rickshaw-pulling community, that caters to a vast majority of people in the country," said Sara Siddiq, CEO of Bangladesh Changemakers, the festival organisers.


"The rickshaw is the middle class's favourite vehicle, and pollution-free," said one rickshaw lover. One young couple declared there was nothing to be compared taking a romantic rickshaw ride with a lover! Mushfira Mahfuza, mother of three and a half year-old Tuli, said: "We rushed to the site on hearing of the rickshaw festival."


Rickshaw pullers are very poor. They live from hand to mouth. One rickshaw puller, Saiful Islam, says: "I feel free in this profession." He also added that he chose this profession as it gave me an income for little capital. His daily earning is Tk 200-300.


Japanese are the inventer hand-drawn rickshaw. It was invented in 1868.


Siddiq said her organisation planned to make the Rickshaw Festival a regular event in Dhaka. It was also mulling hosting such festivals abroad, she added.