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A COMPREHENSION, , Ad;, , , , , nationality materials used for dolls, , American Indian ) Sion ae, a, English ies ae, , Japanese, , , , , , , , , , , | West Indian, , A2. 1. (b) 2c) 246)) 4. (b) 5. (b), , A3. 1. Matryoshka dolls are a set of dolls of decreasing sizes placed one inside the other. A set of, matryoshka consists of a wooden figure which separates top from bottom, to reveal a smaller figure, of the same sort inside which has, in turn, another figure inside it, and so on., , 2. In northern India, the story of Krishna’s birth (Janmashtami) is depicted through clay dolls. In, Bihar, the entire story of the Shyama Chak festival is depicted through clay images. In the southern, state of Tamil Nadu and in some parts of Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka, the festival of Navaratri, is celebrated with the setting up of the dolls display Golu. This shows how several different cultures, share a common way of celebrating an important occasion., , 3. The Japanese used dolls for various purposes. A primitive Japanese doll was made of sticks and, strings, covered with paper clothing. Some dolls were dressed and fed and treated as though alive., These dolls were given to mothers to ward off evil from their children. Japanese women who, desired to have a child presented dolls at a place of worship. The Japanese also have ceremonial, dolls for boys and girls., , 4. The West Indians used dolls for performing black magic. Pins and needles were struck into the, bodies of dolls, or they were harmed with a belief that in this process the victim (enemy) would, suffer.