At the Commercial hub of Sri Lanka Pettah, handcart remains for generations without changing. The goods carry by the carts has change according to the time, social, cultural, historical, economical and political changers. Though, the objects carried by the cart change, the contents represent the nation’s needs, desires, and dreams.  The results of these fantasies and realities will follow us like the cartwheel that follows the footsteps of the person who pulls it. Pettah is a cumulative deposit of knowledge, experience, beliefs, values, relations and roles. Under the shadow of the handcart is the story of growing impact of consumerism on human conditions. The changes of the human conditions effect knowledge, values, beliefs, social norms, attitudes and every aspects of culture.