Taanga

The horse drawn carriage is called Taanga in the local subcontinent (Pakistan, India and Bangladesh) languages of (Urdu, Hindi and Bengali). The horse drawn carriage was used in different forms all around the world in the medieval ages. It is still popular in many parts of the world as an economical mode of transport.
The taanga is fun to ride because of its openness and because of the community nature of the ride. In a Taanga people share the same cart getting on and off on at different points along a route. The most common form is that a person calls a Taanga specifies the destination. The coach-waan keeps offering rides to other people along the route. In such a way he distributes the cost of the ride among different riders.
In traditional cultures people would charter a Taanga and would take their spouses on an evening ride along the water canal on a Taanga for a romantic evening.
Taanga is still used in the more rural areas of the subcontinent because of the low maintenance of the cart.
It is getting less popular in the urban areas for rides but gaining more popularity for leisure. It is a common feature of marriages where it is ornamented with flowers and ribbons.
In the subcontinent India Pakistan and Bangladesh Taangas were the most common form of transportation throughout the last century up until 1980 where they were used for local and even city to city transportation.