the quranic inscription on the board says, "we fed them in hunger, and made them safe from fear"
Mikindani old town madrassa , Tanzania.
The kids in a mixed classroom learn to write on some wooden boards, as it more economic than by using paper. Once they have finished the lesson, they wash the board. Those tool can be seen in antiques shops at high prices!
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tango 48 says:
we used to have such tablets in our days at school, this is called a "takhti" in urdu and other languages in pakistan, it is a wooden slate, and a clay (gachni) is used to cover it, the student uses a "qalam" (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qalam) dipped in black india ink kept in a spill proof ink pot (dawa'at), to write on the takhti, once finished, the takhti is washed in the nearest water channel, and the clay is re-applied and left to dry for the next round of writing!the quranic inscription on the board says, "we fed them in hunger, and made them safe from fear"
Thank you, Eric. Your art is truly beautiful.
