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.:. Halbi House Building

Bhatpal village, Bastar District, MP India
1967-1978

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Girls bringing back red earth for plastering walls of our house c. 1967
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Girls getting red earth for plastering walls for our new house c. 1967
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Hole in hillside, source of mud for building our house c. 1967
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Our house farther along in building c. 1967
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Girls plastering the new walls of our house c. 1967
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Oxcarts of timber from the forest

These were for the roof beams of our village house.
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Our new house in process of being tiled. c. 1967.
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Our completed house c. 1967
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Our outdoor facilities (the loo)

It became seriously overgrown during the rainy season but did aid privacy!
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Roof tile making

 Putting the clay onto the tile mould.
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Roof tile making

Lifting the clay tile off the frame to ready it for drying and firing.
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Roof tile making

Smoothing the tile into shape and then putting it out to dry prior to firing.

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