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Many trucks and buses in Pakistan are highly customised and decorated by their owners. These adorned trucks are considered as moving art in Pakistan.Owing to the decor style, these vehicles are quite distinct in layout from other trucks around the world. Like roving art galleries they depict all themes of life through their adorned artwork. The exterior of the trucks are often adorned with poetry . Although the decorative process is usually very expensive, it is still practiced throughout Pakistan and a few other countries of central Asia with great zeal and aesthetic zest. General practice of truck decorCustomised truck in PakistanIn Pakistan a truck driver/owner usually pays $3,000 to $5,000 for their vehicle's external decoration. This decoration includes structural changes, paintings, calligraphy, ornamental decor and more. Mirror work on the front and back of vehicles and wooden carvings on the truck doors are commonly used. Usually, the driver or the owner takes the truck to a coach workshop soon after its purchase for this decoration. The artist embellishes each truck according to the particular tastes of the driver. From Wikipedia under the
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433px x 650px | 154.70kB [source page] decoration which can take up to three months The cost of decorating a truck is around 3000 on top of the 1500 paid for a new vehicle Artists are paid between 1 50 and 3 per day Peter Grant first saw these vehicles in 1995 when travelling from India to England by motorcycle I was awe struck by their beauty and individuality I knew then I had to return to document Pakistani decorated truck
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