Handigaunko Jatra
Posted on | October 8, 2008 | 1 Comment
There is so much indigenous construction knowledge out there with the people, which unfortunately is not documented or even explored by the academic or the professional world. We just “discovered” a very interesting bamboo connection and structural technique, practiced by the newars of Kathmandu. Please take a look at the pictures. These lightweight structures are used to rotate heavy structures during the famous ritual of handigaun ko jatra. If we can properly study these structure, we think, they can be appropriated in modern designs. At an initial observation, it looks like these structures can be adapted to make structures likes domes, bridges, roofs etc..
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October 15th, 2008 @ 11:15 am
This looks like a very interesting structure. Do you have pictures of it being used? What can you tell us of the load capacity of the wheel? Nice photos. Thanks.