HAPPY NEW YEAR! (and a few more dolls)

HAPPY NEW YEAR

TO ALL MY FRIENDS AND FOLLOWERS!

LESOTHO

First I would like to thank you all so much for your support during the last year.  Thank you too, to all of you who have sent me lovely comments about my website.  I appreciate it very much!  I hope you will enjoy seeing more of my Posts, here on my blog.

I have had a very busy year this year (as I am sure you all have, too!)  I have had two beautiful family weddings, and I was very fortunate to have a wonderful holiday in Tibet and China. I was able to buy a lovely pair of hand made dolls in Tibet, which are now on my website.

I am also very lucky to be living in a lovely part of the world where I can go walking, seeing the most stunning Welsh countryside, and of course, seeing all the animals on my walks, which is an extra bonus!

I hope you have all had a good year too, and that you have been able to find more beautiful dolls for your collection.  

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Here are a few more dolls for you to see.  They are from The Philippines, Greece and Lesotho.

As always, you can see more pictures, and more information about the dolls, on my website, (www.worldcostumedolls.com).  Just click on the "INVENTORY" Tab on the HOME PAGE and put the code number of the doll in the box, and it will bring up the doll.  If you just put in the name of the country, it will bring up all the dolls in that country.

PHILIPPINES

Website Id:  (Asia - Philippines - 009, 009A and 009B)

GREECE

Website Id:  (Europe - Greece - 008 and 008A)

LESOTHO

Website Id:  (Africa - Lesotho - 004, 004A and 004B)

GOOD HEALTH AND HAPPINESS TO YOU ALL

THROUGHOUT 2019!

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Carole

ENJOY!

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MERRY CHRISTMAS, (and a doll from Iran)

WISHING ALL MY FRIENDS
AROUND WORLD
A VERY HAPPY CHRISTMAS

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Wishing you all a very Happy Christmas, and thank you all for the support you have given me through-out the year.  It is very much appreciated.

Here is one of the latest additions to my doll collection - but I still have loads more waiting to be catalogued and listed!  (Where does the time go to?)

This pretty doll is from Iran.  

IRAN

Website Id:  (Asia - Iran - 007) 

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A FEW COSTUME POSTCARDS
(These are part of my own private collection
so are NOT for sale).
For information only.

KERALA - PC002
(Kathakali Dancer)

SERBIA - PC001
(Traditional costume of Serbia)

SURINAME - PC003
(Indigenous dancers Palmentuin)

UGANDA - PC001
(Ugandan dancers)

Poor Father Christmas has had too much sherry

What the heck was that?

  MERRY CHRISTMAS!

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Carole

ENJOY!

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DOLLS FROM JAPAN,UNITED ARAB EMIRATES, and INDONESIA (Java)

Today I am listing dolls from JAPAN,  UNITED ARAB EMIRATES and INDONESIA (Java).

I would also like to show you two hats which I purchased in Tibet last September.  They are one male and one female, and I assume the only difference between them is the background colour.  The male hat is the black one, and the female hat is more colourful.

As always, you can see more photos, and more information about the dolls on my website.  Just go to my website (www.worldcostumedolls.com) and click onto the Itinerary tab across the top of the HOME Page.  Put the Code number into the search box, and they will come up.

(If you just put in the name of the country, it will bring up all the dolls in that country).

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JAPAN - (A Kabuki Asazuma doll)

Website Id:  (Asia - Japan - 0037)

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UNITED ARAB EMIRATES

Website Id:  (Asia - United Arab Emirates) - 002, 002A and 002B)

   

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INDONESIA (Java)

Website Id:  (Asia - Indonesia (Java) - 004)

 

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INDONESIA (Java)

Website Id:  (Asia - Indonesia (Java) - 005 and 005A)

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HATS FROM TIBET

(MALE HAT - (front))

TIBET - (Male hat back)

TIBET - (Female hat front)

TIBET - (Female hat back)

As you can see from the photos, these Tibetan hats are the same hats, worn by both sexes.  They can be worn with the brim down, or turned back.

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SANTORINI (Greece)

A sunset I saw a few years ago.

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Carole

ENJOY!

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GUATEMALA COSTUME POSTCARDS

Today I would like to show you these postcards of GUATEMALA people typically dressed in their local outfits.   Postcards are an excellent source of costume information! 
(PLEASE NOTE:  They are NOT for sale).  They are part of my private collection and are for information only.

GUATEMALA

(Tejedora de Todos Santos)

GUATEMALA

(Playing the marimba)

GUATEMALA

(Traje de Nahuala)

GUATEMALA

(YALIN SISSAY (Indigena Tzutuhil)

de Santiago Atitlan, Departamento de

Solola, Guatemala.

GUATEMALA

Chajul Guatemala

Mayan Girl in Market

Nifia Maya en el Mercado

GUATEMALA

Nebaj, Guatemala

Mayans watching Festival 

GUATEMALA

ROSITA DE SANTA CATARINA,

Lago Atitlan,

Solola Guatemala

GUATEMALA

Tejedoras de San Antonio Aguas Calientes

GUATEMALA

Hue Hue Tenango

GUATEMALA

Santa Catarina Palopo, Guatemala

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A COUPLE OF PHOTOS FROM MY RECENT "WATERFALLS WALK"
(Click on to enlarge)

YSTRADFELTE, VALE OF NEATH, WALES, U.K.

(Me walking behind the waterfall)

Coming to the end of the waterfall

Another waterfall near-by

Carole

ENJOY!

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A FEW MORE DOLLS FOR SALE

Today I am listing a few more dolls for sale.
They are dolls from:
SENEGAL, FRANCE (2),  JAMAICA, MEXICO, and POLAND.

For more information about the dolls, please see the Page DOLLS FOR SALE at the top, right hand corner of the HOME PAGE.
Thank you.

DOLLS FOR SALE

FRANCE 
Code No:  (Europe - France - 00121)

 POLAND
Code No:  (Europe - Poland - 00120)

 FRANCE 
Code No:  (Europe - France - 00119)

 MEXICO
Code No:  (America - Mexico - BG/00118)

JAMAICA

Code No: (America - Jamaica - BG/00117)

SENEGAL

Code No:  (Africa - Senegal - 00116)

Carole

ENJOY!

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HANDMADE DOLLS FROM TIBET

Today I am listing these beautiful handmade dolls which I purchased in TIBET recently.
(These are the only dolls I was able to find there).

I hope you will enjoy them!

As always, you can see more photos, and more information about the dolls on my website.  Just go to my website (www.worldcostumedolls.com) and click onto the Itinerary Tab across the top of the HOME Page.  Just put the Id number into the search box, and they will come up.

(If you just put in the name of the country, it will bring up all the dolls in that country).

Thank you.

TIBET - (Pair of handmade dolls)

Website Id:  (Asia - Tibet - 005, 005A, 005B, 005C 

005D and 005E,)

TIBET - (monk blowing a conch shell)
Website Id:  (Asia - Tibet - 003)

TIBET - (monk playing the cymbals)
Website Id:  (Asia - Tibet - 004)

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A FEW PHOTOS OF SOME OF THE PANDAS
I SAW IN THE PANDA RESERVE IN CHENGDU, CHINA.

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Carole

ENJOY!

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A DOLL FROM MEXICO, and some PEGGY NISBET DOLLS

The last couple of months have been extremely busy for me, but hopefully I will soon be able to settle back down to listing more dolls to show you.

I have recently returned from Tibet and China, and I was able to find just a few beautiful hand made dolls in Tibet, so as soon as I have catalogued them I will be able to show them to you.  I had a family wedding a few days before I went, and just after I came back home, I had another family wedding.
In the meantime, here are just a few Peggy Nisbet dolls, and a doll from Mexico.

As always, you can see more photos, and more information about the dolls on my website.  Just go to my website (www.worldcostumedolls.com) and click onto the Itinerary tab across the top of the HOME Page.  Put the Code number into the search box, and they will come up.

(If you just put in the name of the country, it will bring up all the dolls in that country).

Some lovely dolls from Tibet for you to see soon, so please keep watching!

Thank you.

MEXICO - (Zapatista doll)

Website Id:  (America - Mexico - 0039 and 0039A)

ENGLAND - (Hungary costume)

Website Id:  (Europe - England (Hungary costume) - 0077)

ENGLAND - (Belgium costume)

Website Id:  (Europe - England (Belgium costume) - 0080)

ENGLAND (Flamenco dancer)

Website Id:  (Europe - England (Spanish costume) - 0075)

ENGLAND - (Portugal costume)

Website Id:  (Europe - England (Portuguese costume) - 0090)

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JUST A COUPLE OF PHOTOS FROM TIBET:

POTALA PALACE, Lhasa.

(I climbed nearly four hundred steps

to get to the top of this beautiful building).

KARO LA GLACIER

(and a yak grazing below)

A TIBETAN WEDDING COUPLE

(posing for photos)

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Carole

ENJOY!