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A Well reminding the glory of Mughual Empires situated in Wah Cant...

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Wah cantt has a historical background. It has remained one of the favorite place of Mughual Emperors. Gardens from the mughual era has always remained one of the attractions in this area. The area is green and beautiful with small hills around. Wah cantt is located in the north west of Islamabad. Construction of the Wells is one of the interesting feature of these Mughual Emperors. Rather i must say Wells were the basic need in those times because they were used to obtained fresh water for the  drinking and other consumption.The region has much natural greenery and water in the past so these Mughual Emperors took great benifit from it during their stays here and then travel ahead to their destinations. It is said that when Mughual Emperor Jhangir visit this area , inspiring by the beauty and greenry of the location,and the natural springs here he loudly said "WAH" so after that it was called as Wah. One such garden with lots of greenery and water pond i have already disc

Wooden Handicrafts

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Some paintings from the Lok Virsa(Heritage Museum)

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An old bazar of Peshawar city A fine collection A depiction of Mughual Kings Process of Gur making where the sugar cane is being crushing for obtaining juice. Gur Making process is shown in this painting in some rural setting in Panjab Pakistan Collection of some beautiful paintings from Lok Virsa Islamabad. Each painting depicts the traditional rural life of Pakistani society.

Fancy and traditional Pashtoon Afghani frocks !!!

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Pashtoons and Afghans have a very rich traditional culture. Its colorful dresses and frocks are very much popular. They looks very fabulous and pleasant. Usually pure Afghani dresses are difficult to find in Pakistan now. There was a time when Afghanistan people migrated to Pakistan during 1980,s. It was a time when Peshawar was heavily crowded with these immigrants. Immigrations always leads to acculturation where two different cultures mix together. Such type of situation make the locals to adopt the new culture some patterns according to its needs. Mostly people do adopt the fashion trends especially in dresses. You may get some more stuff  here. Pashtoon Afghani frocks Traditional Pashtoon dress of Khyber Pukhtunkhwa and Afghanistan are usually loose fitted. Belts are used to tighten up accoring to one adjustment. Both formal and casual frocks are available in Pashtoon Afghani dresses. fancy frocks are worn on special occasions and weddings.While s