0 a structure formerly used in East Asia for transporting one person. It consists of a box that is carried by four or six people by means of two long poles.
Prior to 1947, veiled women came in palanquins to attend classes.
Eager vendors were inclined to thrust books into carriages and palanquins upside down.
The palanquin in the foreground reinforces the theme of travel and trade.
It is almost as if the palanquin were waiting for the viewer, about to take him to the docks.
For and entire week the city celebrates the arrival of hundreds of local deities on elaborately decorated palanquins.
He enters on a palanquin accompanied by a parade of people singing and drumming.
Processions and martial arts are also performed before the palanquin.
The king agreed and the first few palanquins had women and children.
