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shanties

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of Shanty

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As local society was founded in forestry and seaborne endeavours, a tradition of lumber camp songs and sea shanties prevailed. Source: Internet

An entire house building collapsed in Delhi's Anna Nagar slum area following downpour on July 19. Several shanties were also damaged as road caved in. Heavy rainfall led the waterlogging in parts of Delhi this morning. Source: Internet

Abject poverty and a drought of jobs forced many to build shanties alongside railway tracks – present even today in Kolkata – and work as manual labourers. Source: Internet

Fifteen years later, the nearly 17,000 shanties are all pucca homes, most with an upper storey that may be sub-let; the homes and shops standing higgledy-piggledy and packed closely together along the narrow streets are all electrified. Source: Internet

Equipped with only his sniper rifle and a pistol, Sergeant First Class Shughart and his team leader, while under intense fire from the enemy, fought their way through a dense maze of shanties and shacks to reach the critically injured crew members. Source: Internet

During the first half of the 19th century, some of the songs African Americans sang also began to appear in use for shipboard tasks, i.e. as shanties. Source: Internet

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