Four hundred years afloat, still knocking on wood

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Ships made in Mandvi still carry\ncargo to West Asian countries 400 years after the port was established", "url": "/en/albums/four-hundred-years-afloat-still-knocking-on-wood/", "slide_photographer": ["Ritayan Mukherjee"], "image_captured_date": "10 May,2017", "slide_location": "Kutch, Gujarat", "track_id": "", "embed": "", "carousel_html": "<img src=\"/media/images/01_9MrQWOz.height-876.jpg\" />"}, {"type": "image", "show_title": "True", "album_title": "Four hundred years afloat, still knocking on wood", "src": "/media/original_images/02_8VRK5PJ.jpg", "src_resized": "/media/images/02_8VRK5PJ.height-876.jpg", "description": "<div class=\"rich-text\">Wooden ships here are traditionally called dhows. These handmade vessels are still used to transport cargo to ports in West Asia</div>", "album_description": "\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nImages\nfrom Mandvi in Kutch, Gujarat, where workers with skills inherited over\ngenerations make wooden dhows using sal and babul timber. Ships made in Mandvi still carry\ncargo to West Asian countries 400 years after the port was established", "url": "/en/albums/four-hundred-years-afloat-still-knocking-on-wood/", "slide_photographer": ["Ritayan Mukherjee"], "image_captured_date": "10 May,2017", "slide_location": "Kutch, Gujarat", "track_id": "", "embed": "", "carousel_html": "<img src=\"/media/images/02_8VRK5PJ.height-876.jpg\" />"}, {"type": "image", "show_title": "True", "album_title": "Four hundred years afloat, still knocking on wood", "src": "/media/original_images/03_ZNgJOB8.jpg", "src_resized": "/media/images/03_ZNgJOB8.height-876.jpg", "description": "<div class=\"rich-text\">Inside a dhow, workers move large logs of wood by hand</div>", "album_description": "\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nImages\nfrom Mandvi in Kutch, Gujarat, where workers with skills inherited over\ngenerations make wooden dhows using sal and babul timber. Ships made in Mandvi still carry\ncargo to West Asian countries 400 years after the port was established", "url": "/en/albums/four-hundred-years-afloat-still-knocking-on-wood/", "slide_photographer": ["Ritayan Mukherjee"], "image_captured_date": "10 May,2017", "slide_location": "Kutch, Gujarat", "track_id": "", "embed": "", "carousel_html": "<img src=\"/media/images/03_ZNgJOB8.height-876.jpg\" />"}, {"type": "image", "show_title": "True", "album_title": "Four hundred years afloat, still knocking on wood", "src": "/media/original_images/04_GbZnB2h.jpg", "src_resized": "/media/images/04_GbZnB2h.height-876.jpg", "description": "<div class=\"rich-text\">A worker shapes logs sitting inside a dhow that is under construction</div>", "album_description": "\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nImages\nfrom Mandvi in Kutch, Gujarat, where workers with skills inherited over\ngenerations make wooden dhows using sal and babul timber. Ships made in Mandvi still carry\ncargo to West Asian countries 400 years after the port was established", "url": "/en/albums/four-hundred-years-afloat-still-knocking-on-wood/", "slide_photographer": ["Ritayan Mukherjee"], "image_captured_date": "10 May,2017", "slide_location": "Kutch, Gujarat", "track_id": "", "embed": "", "carousel_html": "<img src=\"/media/images/04_GbZnB2h.height-876.jpg\" />"}, {"type": "image", "show_title": "True", "album_title": "Four hundred years afloat, still knocking on wood", "src": "/media/original_images/05_8c4Pg7a.jpg", "src_resized": "/media/images/05_8c4Pg7a.height-876.jpg", "description": "<div class=\"rich-text\">Balancing act: a worker crosses a high beam in a dhow that will be three storeys high when finished</div>", "album_description": "\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nImages\nfrom Mandvi in Kutch, Gujarat, where workers with skills inherited over\ngenerations make wooden dhows using sal and babul timber. 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Ships made in Mandvi still carry\ncargo to West Asian countries 400 years after the port was established", "url": "/en/albums/four-hundred-years-afloat-still-knocking-on-wood/", "slide_photographer": ["Ritayan Mukherjee"], "image_captured_date": "10 May,2017", "slide_location": "Kutch, Gujarat", "track_id": "", "embed": "", "carousel_html": "<img src=\"/media/images/06_9x6MIX7.height-876.jpg\" />"}, {"type": "image", "show_title": "True", "album_title": "Four hundred years afloat, still knocking on wood", "src": "/media/original_images/07_7KUNWXm.jpg", "src_resized": "/media/images/07_7KUNWXm.height-876.jpg", "description": "<div class=\"rich-text\">Workers often make use of simple pulley mechanisms to move heavy wood in dhows under construction</div>", "album_description": "\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nImages\nfrom Mandvi in Kutch, Gujarat, where workers with skills inherited over\ngenerations make wooden dhows using sal and babul timber. Ships made in Mandvi still carry\ncargo to West Asian countries 400 years after the port was established", "url": "/en/albums/four-hundred-years-afloat-still-knocking-on-wood/", "slide_photographer": ["Ritayan Mukherjee"], "image_captured_date": "10 May,2017", "slide_location": "Kutch, Gujarat", "track_id": "", "embed": "", "carousel_html": "<img src=\"/media/images/07_7KUNWXm.height-876.jpg\" />"}, {"type": "image", "show_title": "True", "album_title": "Four hundred years afloat, still knocking on wood", "src": "/media/original_images/08_HSnSxP3.jpg", "src_resized": "/media/images/08_HSnSxP3.height-876.jpg", "description": "<div class=\"rich-text\">The outer surface \u00a0or 'skin' of a ship, which when completed gives the vessel a finished look. Workers call these patias</div>", "album_description": "\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nImages\nfrom Mandvi in Kutch, Gujarat, where workers with skills inherited over\ngenerations make wooden dhows using sal and babul timber. Ships made in Mandvi still carry\ncargo to West Asian countries 400 years after the port was established", "url": "/en/albums/four-hundred-years-afloat-still-knocking-on-wood/", "slide_photographer": ["Ritayan Mukherjee"], "image_captured_date": "10 May,2017", "slide_location": "Kutch, Gujarat", "track_id": "", "embed": "", "carousel_html": "<img src=\"/media/images/08_HSnSxP3.height-876.jpg\" />"}, {"type": "image", "show_title": "True", "album_title": "Four hundred years afloat, still knocking on wood", "src": "/media/original_images/09.jpg", "src_resized": "/media/images/09.height-876.jpg", "description": "<div class=\"rich-text\">Work in progress inside a dhow</div>", "album_description": "\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nImages\nfrom Mandvi in Kutch, Gujarat, where workers with skills inherited over\ngenerations make wooden dhows using sal and babul timber. Ships made in Mandvi still carry\ncargo to West Asian countries 400 years after the port was established", "url": "/en/albums/four-hundred-years-afloat-still-knocking-on-wood/", "slide_photographer": ["Ritayan Mukherjee"], "image_captured_date": "10 May,2017", "slide_location": "Kutch, Gujarat", "track_id": "", "embed": "", "carousel_html": "<img src=\"/media/images/09.height-876.jpg\" />"}, {"type": "image", "show_title": "True", "album_title": "Four hundred years afloat, still knocking on wood", "src": "/media/original_images/10_647RhH8.jpg", "src_resized": "/media/images/10_647RhH8.height-876.jpg", "description": "<div class=\"rich-text\"> Friday is the weekly off for workers and so a more relaxed day</div>", "album_description": "\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nImages\nfrom Mandvi in Kutch, Gujarat, where workers with skills inherited over\ngenerations make wooden dhows using sal and babul timber. Ships made in Mandvi still carry\ncargo to West Asian countries 400 years after the port was established", "url": "/en/albums/four-hundred-years-afloat-still-knocking-on-wood/", "slide_photographer": ["Ritayan Mukherjee"], "image_captured_date": "10 May,2017", "slide_location": "Kutch, Gujarat", "track_id": "", "embed": "", "carousel_html": "<img src=\"/media/images/10_647RhH8.height-876.jpg\" />"}, {"type": "image", "show_title": "True", "album_title": "Four hundred years afloat, still knocking on wood", "src": "/media/original_images/11.jpg", "src_resized": "/media/images/11.height-876.jpg", "description": "<div class=\"rich-text\">A labourer wields a hammer in repairing the bottom of a dhow</div>", "album_description": "\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nImages\nfrom Mandvi in Kutch, Gujarat, where workers with skills inherited over\ngenerations make wooden dhows using sal and babul timber. Ships made in Mandvi still carry\ncargo to West Asian countries 400 years after the port was established", "url": "/en/albums/four-hundred-years-afloat-still-knocking-on-wood/", "slide_photographer": ["Ritayan Mukherjee"], "image_captured_date": "10 May,2017", "slide_location": "Kutch, Gujarat", "track_id": "", "embed": "", "carousel_html": "<img src=\"/media/images/11.height-876.jpg\" />"}, {"type": "image", "show_title": "True", "album_title": "Four hundred years afloat, still knocking on wood", "src": "/media/original_images/12.jpg", "src_resized": "/media/images/12.height-876.jpg", "description": "<div class=\"rich-text\">A group of local kids enjoy the view from the top</div>", "album_description": "\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nImages\nfrom Mandvi in Kutch, Gujarat, where workers with skills inherited over\ngenerations make wooden dhows using sal and babul timber. 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