Extreme Desert Village Life in Cholistan | Beautiful Mud House

 In The Name of Allah, The Most Beneficent, The Most Merciful Peace be upon you In this video, you can see culture and daily routine life of people living in Cholistan Desert  Why people living in desert drink water of rain How are the people of the desert make cultivatable the land? How "Goppy" (special kind of room) look like? Camels of Pakistan Rangers which use in Parade Will talk to locals to know their issues History of that area and many more This town having some houses is situated near Pakistan India Border .

Extreme Desert Village Life in Cholistan

The locals are spending their lives very with simplicity Before their forefather lived here and now they are living The profession of these people is to raise animals They raise cow, camel, goats and lamb The meet their basic by selling the milk of these animals or sometime by selling these animals They husbandry many animals in the desert It is very costly to provide water and food to that animals but it is free available in  desert Their animals graze free in desert and drink water of rain Their houses are so beautiful.

The heart wants to shift from the busy life of the city to this quiet place Very quiet place But due to lack of opportunities, this area is lagging behind in development The locals have lack of resources but they have adjusted themselves with available resources They may have some problems but also have some benefits of living in desert Here they not pay house rent and nor bill of gas No water bill, no light bill No spending on milk Free food and water for animals Water in mud pot remain cool as in fridge Locals work hard whole the day so they sick less due to this exercise Electricity requirements is meeting by solar system Mud houses are build in place of air conditioner to keep cool 

 They are very creative As, wheat storage is done in mud container in place of steel container, stairs is made by mud in place of cement, and mud rack is made to keep pots Tea made by pure milk Aslam o Alaikum How are you? Fine What is you age? I am too old Did you are born before making of Pakistan? Yes i remember when Pakistan was made What did you see? I seen that people was living here. After that Pakistan and Hindustan were separated Is this solar fan? Very cool and fresh air is coming from this window This is mud pot having drinking water 

This place is for keeping pot called "safeel" This is stair made by clay Very Scary stairs is Here is a tower near this town Let's look around from the top of tower It's too high I am on its third floor I can't go above than third floor because i have not safety belt I am now in deep desert This desert is spread far and wide You can see the fort building in front Complete history of fort is not available But last successor of this fort was Maroof Khan Kehrani who was died in 1171  The fort was ruined after his death Now it is totally ruined The grave of Maroof Khan Kehrani and other royal members are situated in graveyard near this town The town situated near the fort named mauj garh town after the name of the fort Forefathers of these residents was living from the time when fort was built This hut is made by clay and Khipp used (A local grass) on it This grass keeps cool the hut from inside This hut used as a room Here are ponds in desert called "toba" 

These ponds are used to collect rain water Local people and their animals both drink water from this ponds They drink water which have frogs and dung of animals in it The camels take off their fatigue on this place by crotch. So their Shepherd call this place Massage Center  This bottle is covered with cloth which is used for carry water. The cloth on the top of the bottle is kept wet with bottled water. So its water remain cool for long. 

 You can see many camels  of Pakistan Ranger These camels are used in parade on special occasion like 14th august and 23rd march These camel are drinking water from pond after grazing in desert The border between Pakistan and India is a short distance away from here and this is desert  area. Camels was came from that side after grazing. Then they drunk water from this pond Locals uses water from here for drinking and for other house purpose This hut made by local person. This hut called "Goppa" This is made in front of the fort so it attract every visitor. The owner of this hut is a kind person so he welcome every visitor Very beautiful Did you made it for tourists? 

Yes The roof of hut is made of Bamboo Mostly, Khipp (local grass) is used on roof of hut But bamboo have used to make roof of this hut and also layer of clay used on bamboo. So it remain more strong. Air comes from ventilators made in every side of this hut Beautiful This hut is made in front of fort and called "Goppa" The name of hut's owner is Hafiz Muhammad Hafeez They made this beautiful Goppa for tourists He made this hut by Fineness Air comes from ventilators made in every side of this hut Due to ventilators and bamboo roof, it remain cool Here is more temperature outside the hut but inside is low Clay pot is used to keep water cool It is cool without ice This hut is made for guests Hookah / Narghiles keep for guests We offer free food to our guests,