File:Bleached Hands- The Dhobi Khana Washing Collective in India.webm
Size of this JPG preview of this WEBM file: 800 × 450 pixels. Other resolutions: 320 × 180 pixels | 640 × 360 pixels | 1,280 × 720 pixels.
Original file (WebM audio/video file, VP8/Vorbis, length 3 min 2 s, 1,280 × 720 pixels, 1.54 Mbps overall, file size: 33.44 MB)
Captions
Captions
Add a one-line explanation of what this file represents
Summary edit
| Description |
English: Dhobi Khana (dhobikhana) is a laundry collective is made up of 45 self-employed families, laundry men and women, working seven days a week, without insurance, retirement or any other substantive benefits. Workers wash by beating clothes directly, repeatedly on slabs of stone while standing in pools of water. They use no protection for their skin from bleach or the other chemicals used. Many still use coals from coconut shells to fire their irons weighing about eight-kilograms. Several workers have been here since childhood, like Shanmugham (86) or Pratti (68). The Dhobi Khana's Joint Secretary, Mr. Satish, sums up the basic challenge facing the workers by saying "If they don't do this work, how do they eat? Apart from this, they don't know nothing."
SIGN UP for the newsletter at: oxlaey.com. |
| Date | |
| Source | Vimeo: Bleached Hands: The Dhobi Khana Washing Collective in India (view archived source) |
| Author | Oxlaey |
Licensing edit
This file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported license.
Attribution: Oxlaey
- You are free:
- to share – to copy, distribute and transmit the work
- to remix – to adapt the work
- Under the following conditions:
- attribution – You must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made. You may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in any way that suggests the licensor endorses you or your use.
- share alike – If you remix, transform, or build upon the material, you must distribute your contributions under the same or compatible license as the original.
|
This file, which was originally posted to
Vimeo: Bleached Hands: The Dhobi Khana Washing Collective in India (view archived source), was reviewed on 10 February 2017 by reviewer INeverCry, who confirmed that it was available there under the stated license on that date.
|
File history
Click on a date/time to view the file as it appeared at that time.
| Date/Time | Thumbnail | Dimensions | User | Comment | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| current | 11:02, 9 February 2017 | 3 min 2 s, 1,280 × 720 (33.44 MB) | Hannolans (talk | contribs) | Imported media from https://vimeo.com/103467590 |
You cannot overwrite this file.
File usage on Commons
The following page uses this file: