Historical city multan

Multan is a historical city.it is in punjab Pakistan. multan is not only a historical city but its also a city of ancient civilization

like indus vallley harapa and moenjo daro,it is the oldest city in indo Pak sub continent

Cammel skin lamp

The camel skin lamp is a very important handicraft item of Multan city, in this the skin of camel wash washed,than clean and than shaped as desired,after being shaped the lamp was painted with clours and it looks very nice,this painting on the lamp reflects the culture of multan , the camel skin is not only use for making lamps but it is also used for making many types of decorative items these item look very beautiful.

Wooden handicrafts

Wooden handicrafts is a very big market of handicrafts these handicrafts are almost available in every city of Pakistan but the actual hub is the chenyot city where you can found every type of handicrafts wooden no matter it is furniture or some decorative items.Gujrat is the city which is popular for wooden furniture and its export the high quality of wooden furniture is available in gujrat city.there are many show room, display center of wooden furnitures on g.t road gujrat

Brass handicrafts

Brass handicrafts are every where in Pakistan in multan,lahore ,gujranwala ,swat,peshawer karachi, the brass work is very time consuming and hard work to do. brass handicrafts from Pakistan is not as much as it must be but now they are in demand flourishing industry the brass work is not like as much localy but it is exported to other countries of the world multan has some historical type of brass work where other cities has other kinds of art on brass.the art of brass vary by cities all over Pakistan but some items match with each other.

Camel bone

Camel bone handicrafts are one of the intresting and attractive handicrafts of Pakistan

these handicrafts expresss the ability of crafts man that they show on camel bone the camel is the animal of desert and is available in desert areas .camel is also known as the cruise of desert

multan and its surrounding is consist of desert . so the camel bones are easily available local people eat the meat of camel and these bones are easily available and there is not restriction on camel bones craft as it is on elephant bones . the camel bones craft is the handicraft of multan and its surrounding peoples and it is available easily in multan.

Multani pottery

Multani pottery is very famous for it uniqueness and beauty , it is not only made on white clay the thing that differenciate multani pottery with others is that it is also made on red clay .the red clay pottery of multan is in demand .the colours of pottery shows the culture and art of multan .and it is related with the historical construction and art and t and it is lasting from generation to generation the blue pottery of multan can also seen on the historical tombs of shah rukne alam and bhaudin zakria multanis . this red clay potery of multan attract forigners towards multan .

Hand Knotted Carpets

Hand knotted carpets are very attractive and beautiful piece of art .the handknotted carpet export from pakistan is about 90 million us dollars hand knotted carpets are actually the product of persia,and afghanistan but in the past years of history this came in indo pak sub continent .these workers set here and made carpets before Pakistan, at first in pakistan they mostly made in homes in swat,sindh and balochistan but now there are many industries of hand knotted carpets in all over Pakistan these industries are in lahore gujranwala karachi ,hand knotted carpets are made up of artifical silk, wool,cammel wool,goat wool,

Salt lamps

Salt lamps is also a very important Handicrafts of Pakistan .the salt lamps are of various kinds and various types and size the worlds 2nd largest salt mine is in Pakistan and it is in the himaliyan mountain ranges Pakistan khewra salt mines it is 300 km wide the salt mountains started from khwera and ends at kala bagh it in punjab province.the salt lamps are not only a decorative item and a piece of art and craft but it also has some medical uses it is very good for estima patients the salt lamp where it is placed cleans and filters the air and improves the quality of air with in 10 to 15 meter.the salt lamp industry in Pakistan is in lahore,Gujranwala,khewra and karachi and it is flourishing day by day.some of these lamps are in the form of natural rock . and some are crafted and shaped by tools.and it is a very nice kind of handicraft.

hand embriodry dress

Multan is the center of the hand embriodry , weather it is on cousions,bed sheet,pillows and on women and men shalwar kameez, the hand embriodry kurtas of multan are not only like by local peoples of Pakistan but is also exported to the other countries of the world where indian and Pakistani people lives like europe ,America, southafrica, the hand embriodry in multan is made by womens at home and it is a home industry of multan and a way of income for the womens of multan ,these womens lives in multan city and its surroundings they came to the shopkeepers botiques and get order and return home where they start their work of embriodry and after completing they return their work to shop keepers and get money,the thresd used in embriodry was weighted .before it gives to crafts women.the multani kurtaz are very much popular in all over Pakistan and these kurtaz are used to wear in summer season . the embriodry shwals are sold in winter season and the kurtaz are in summer season,when ever somebody from other cities of Pakistan come to multan they must purchase these embriodry item,this embriodry attract buyers it self beacuse of its fine work.

Camel skin lamp

Camel skin lamp is a very famous handicraft of multan and it is the culture of multan , in this cammel skin was first clean and than adding up some chmicals wash it , and use a die in which form or type the crafts man want to give it the shap after that it was painted with color and it looks very nice , multan is a city where cammels are available in surroundings the peoples in the near by towns have cammels , as pet , and they use it as tranportation of goods , multan distric is a desert area . so the skin is available localy and easily .this cammel skin lamps are exported to the various countries of the world spcialy in gulf it is very much demanded . and it used to give as gifts and it is a very nice decorative item.its cool.

Wooden handicrafts

The wooden handicrafts in pakistan is a very vast field and it is not only in one city of pakistan . it is almost in every province of pakistan , the city like multan, chenyot ,hyderabad , swat , lahore,gujrat are well known for the wooden handicrafts , chenyot is the center of the wood works and workers crafts man of pakistan , the hight quality of wood work made in chenyot with a high quality wood the dark brown wood , and made from other kinds of woods ,the gujrat city is very famous for it furniture industry , gujrat is well known because of its export of wooden furniture , basically these two cities of pakistan chenyot and gujrat are the hub of wood furniture in pakistan , gujrat is popular for furniture export and chenyot is not only poulllar for furniture market but it is also very popullar for its wooden handicrafts, the wood work in chenyot is last from generation to generation and these workers are very much experienced and efficient in their work we can compare the work of wood of indian rajhistan with the wooden work in chenyot Pakistan.this city gujrat is the exporting city of wooden work and it is playing an importan role in the economy of Pakistan.

Multan

Multan is a city in pakistan and it is in the punjab province ,multan is a historical city , it is the most old city in the indo pak sub continent and it is stongly belived by the surroundings of multan that it was populated at the time of anciant indus valley, so multan is not only a historical city but it is the center of anciant civilization , it is stronly belived that Alexender the great has visited multan and at his time of visit he change the name of city to Alexendria. IN 7TH century Muhammad bin Qasim enter in multan and it is the start of islam in the indo pak sub continent ,multan city was also attacked by sultan mehmoood Ghaznavi two times and he break giant idol in sun temple.multan is also known as the city of saints shah rukne alam tomb, and baha u din zakria multani tomb are the important buildings of multan,these tombs are the sign of great art and culture.and are historical buildings .multan is the center of art and culture . the pottery of multan are very beautifull and are made of red clay ,the potery of multan reflect its tradition art and culture ,mangoes are the important fruit of multan,70% of mangoes of pakistan are from multan .there are many big farms of mangoes in multan.multani mitti is a mud of multan ,mud scrub used as a facial scrub it is good to eliminate oil from skin and cleans the dots of pimple from face . thus mulltan is rich country with its art and culture

HANDICRAFTS