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SPANISH DOLLS (Mariquita Pérez)


One of the most traditional Spanish dolls is called MARIQUITA PÉREZ. Girls have played with her during decades.
 In the beginning it was a doll made of china or cardboard and rags .For more children it was a luxury and this is why imagination was so important .A tissue bag filled with rags could be the head. Threads for spinning made the hair, the eyes two old buttons, a painted mouth ….if that was wrapped with a blanket  ,it was a baby .If you added a body ,in which there were sticks instead of arms and legs (if the doll was a grown up child ).It was a game played at home , in the courtyards by brothers and sisters never in the street ,all the year along, and not necessarily with a song.
Girls learned sewing at school .As soon as they had learned the minimums    ,they made their own doll, with a rags head tied to a piece of tissue where you could insert your hand as in a puppet.



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