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David McGrath
Head of Geography
Oakfield Middle School
Frome
Somerset
BA11 4JF
Tel: (01373) 462539/463832
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Silvepura material

Some of the material on this blog relates to the village of Silvepura in south India, 20 km north of Bangalore.  This material was generated from contact with "Sangam", a small education centre based in the village, which does a variety of work to do with inter-cultural studies, including hosting study visits for teachers and students from the UK.  During these visits, the visiting teachers spend time in local schools, and Sangam provides background information about Silvepura and its environment, and the wider context of Bangalore.  On this blog, teachers from the UK will be posting their own work which resulted from their visit to Sangam..  For more information about Sangam and its work, please see their website www.sahiprojects.com/sangam, or e-mail them direct on sangaminfo@gmail.com  Their UK contact is Sam Woodhouse samwoodhouse@f2s.com

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David McGrath
Head of Geography
Oakfield Middle School
Frome
Somerset
BA11 4JF
Tel: (01373) 462539/463832
Fax: (01373) 453370

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Silvepura Information Cards

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Houses

 
A hundred years ago all the houses in our village used to be built of mud, they used straw or coconut leaves to make thatched roofs which were laid on a structure made of wood. The floors were made of packed red soil and were coated with a mixture of cow dung lime and jaggery. The walls were white washed with fresh lime. The doors were made of wood but often had a layer of tin nailed on top to make them stronger. The houses built in those days were very small and did not last very long. About a hundred years ago people started building houses of brick and stone. The roofs were made of terracotta tiles.
There are still some houses standing now which were built at that time. Today the houses are built of baked bricks and stone. To protect the houses from the rains the roofs are made of cement sheets or terracotta tiles which are laid on a  wooden structure. The doors and windows are made of wood and they are set into the walls as they are being built. The floors are made of concrete and the walls are rendered with cement. Those who have molded concrete roofs are able to dry things out on their terraces, but they must bring them down when it rains. However, these houses are much hotter, the floor and roof are both cement which makes it uncomfortable. It is important to create a good system so that the water can flow easily off the roof.


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Photos from English Medium Convent School

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Children lined up for Assembly

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Image of Silverpura

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150 years ago where the villages of Silvepura and Fatimapura are now there was dense jungle. There were many trees –Sandal wood trees, Hone, Vange. Many fierce and wild animals lived in this place – porcupines, wild boar, deer and even elephants and tigers.
Then there was a great plague in south India and many people died. Many children where orphaned. A French priest decided that something should be done and collected the orphans together and brought them to this forest which was given to him by the British government who were ruling this place at the time. He christened them with new names and when they got older he paired them up and married them and gave them places to live. It is their families which continue to live in Fatimapura and Silvepura.

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