War Rugs from Afghanistan

8 responses to “War Rugs from Afghanistan”

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   jurvetson

   Jul 28, 2011 at 4:58 am

   He went again, and here is the slightly updated rug for 2011

   

   The RPG on bottom right looks like the ones he saw there

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   angry shock

   Jul 28, 2011 at 7:21 am

   I would have LOVED to be THERE with you two, guys. ***sigh***

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   cobalt123

   Jul 28, 2011 at 1:40 pm

   Quite a fascinating subject, well done and thanks for sharing.

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   jurvetson

   Jul 28, 2011 at 4:03 pm

   similar style? any back story?

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   solerena

   Jul 28, 2011 at 4:38 pm

   Very interesting subculture and a modern day myth in these rugs….there were British, Soviets and Americans in Afghanistan…all made a mess…plus local men with their own miniwars ….wishing for all war to be over soon:) – in modern world it has to be only a war of intellect and patience: negotiating, not fighting physically…

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   avlxyz

   Jul 28, 2011 at 11:09 pm

   It’s like the Bayeux Tapestry in miniature!
   Perhaps it is something innate in us to record our lives in cave paintings, carving, sculpture etc. even if it is a bit sad to think that war was the only subject worth recording.

   Then again, if war is all you knew, could you live with peace … ?!

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   angry shock

   Jul 29, 2011 at 12:44 am

   [http://www.flickr.com/photos/avlxyz] very interesting observation you make here.

   It’s sad indeed. Just as sad as it is that the news only talk about crime, morbo, murders, terrorism and evil in general…

   It’s perhaps that we humans record things which are worth to make the next generations and other people know in order to learn and evolve… and those things most of the time are "bad", so the recordings, no matter the substrate, are warning signs, a kind of "Lest we forget", rather than an invitation to share the good. When recording means are scarce (not like know when we have all kind of recording devices), it’s possible that Survival is more important than Happiness, and the recordings come as a way to awareness.

   ("Remember the war, this was it" has a lot more impact in the mind of the receptor than "Peace is good!")

   For some reason Peace is not an interesting subject… never makes it to history books.
   Just a thought…

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   booledozer

   May 30, 2013 at 3:36 pm

   This image was uploaded here — commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:War_Rugs_from_Afghanistan…

   Thanks for using a CC liscense that allows re-use!

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