POCHAMPALLI ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES CLASS-IV

POCHAMPALLI ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES CLASS-IV

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  POCHAMPALLI ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES CLASS-IV
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  Vani and Prasadlive in a village called Mukhtapur. Their home is always filled with bundles of bright coloured threads. Their mother and father and everyone else in the family, are weavers.
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  The weaving thatthey do is very beautiful and special. Mukhtapur village is in the Pochampalli district of Andhra Pradesh. Most of the families in this district are weavers.
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  Process of makingpochampalli sarees. That is why the special cloth that they weave is called Pochampalli.
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  The villagers havebeen doing this work since a long time. Vani and Prasad’s parents learnt weaving from their elders.
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  Now Vani andPrasad also help their parents after coming back from school. This weaving requires hard work, and many different things have to be done before actually weaving. From thread to Cloth From thread to Cloth.
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  Now Vani andPrasad also help their parents after coming back from school. This weaving requires hard work, and many different things have to be done before actually weaving. From thread to Cloth From thread to Cloth.
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  Then everybody worksto dye the thread with bright colours. These threads are then dried and rolled into bundles. These bundles are put onto looms and the cloth is woven.
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  Silk cloth andsilk sarees are woven from the silk thread. Cotton thread is used to weave cotton sarees, cloth, sheets etc.
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  The loom hasmany needles. The size and number of the needles changes according to the design.
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  The weavers weavethe beautiful Pochampalli sarees in bright colours. Through their traditional craft they have made their region world famous.
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  Great skill isneeded to weave such special sarees. It also takes many days of hard labour.
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  After all this,it is difficult to get a good price for these sarees. Silk is becoming expensive day-by-day.
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  Big shopkeepers givevery little money for the sarees, though they themselves sell them at very high price. That is why many weavers are giving up their family craft.
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  Many are leavingtheir villages to work as labourers in big cities. We need to solve this problem by helping them get a better price. Otherwise, this precious craft will be lost forever.
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  There are manyplaces like Pochampalli in India that are famous for making special things.
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  These things havebecome famous by the name of the place where they are made, like – Kullu shawls, Madhubani paintings, Assam silk, Kashmiri embroidery etc.