Colours, patterns, – the trucks are usually seen painted in really bright colours. sometimes the truck is painted in a block colour and over it a carved sheet of metal with floral patterns is put to decorate its exterior. A tendency towards decorating everyday objects is seen. In a lot of places patterns are created with three different colours together and things like stickers are used to decorate.
mythological figures are used to decorate the truck, images of gods and other icons like om or sri radhe sri krishna are frequently used.
a tendency to personlize objects is clearly evident by the way these trucks are decorated. some interesting quotes are usually painted at the back of the trucks like the example below.
1. When signs are posted, they often serve more as suggestions rather than rules. Here, though a Kerala grain truck cautions "think twice", goats ignore the warning.
2. the quote at the end means that the one who will look at me with wicked eyes will have his face blackened.
also some people worship the truck as it is their tool which helps them earn their daily bread and butter.
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