Two architectural questions about Thama (which spoke to me because the mountains there, as do those of Swat, remind me of my own):
- what are the ruins at 2:42? I would've thought they were english gothic...
- what is the structure at 5:33? My guess would be they are similar to our structures[1] (which I have also seen as far west as spain) meant to store and dry fodder (and incidentally dry and store meat for people). They can be seen at 0:34 of https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ltXpMuH8SI4&t=34
(Is the peasant collecting material to build the walls of these at 2:50 in Hamza? Or are what look like sticks to me for something else?)
[1] Not only was it easier to move animals to feed than feed to animals in the olden days, but multiple independent stores were less susceptible to fire. In troubled times, as most bandits and taxmen stayed down in the bottoms of the valleys, their contents were also more likely to remain in the farmers' hands.
- what are the ruins at 2:42? I would've thought they were english gothic...
- what is the structure at 5:33? My guess would be they are similar to our structures[1] (which I have also seen as far west as spain) meant to store and dry fodder (and incidentally dry and store meat for people). They can be seen at 0:34 of https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ltXpMuH8SI4&t=34
(Is the peasant collecting material to build the walls of these at 2:50 in Hamza? Or are what look like sticks to me for something else?)
[1] Not only was it easier to move animals to feed than feed to animals in the olden days, but multiple independent stores were less susceptible to fire. In troubled times, as most bandits and taxmen stayed down in the bottoms of the valleys, their contents were also more likely to remain in the farmers' hands.