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Article: Sotho beaded dolls.
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- Arts & Activities
- Article date:
- January 1, 2004
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When a woman in the United States marries she carries a bouquet of flowers. In the Sotho community of South Africa, when a woman marries she carries beaded doll. The dolls are coned shaped and do not have arms or legs. They believe that the doll has magical powers. The bride names the doll and that name is given to her first-born child.
In my fourth-grade art classes, we decided to try our hand at making our own beaded dolls. A discussion was held about how different the living conditions would be if we lived in a small village in Africa. It was pointed out that they would be given jobs to make beaded dolls to sell in the marketplace to help support their ...
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