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Babushka


Babushka
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Copyright: Bogdan Krasic (Bogdan011) Silver Star Critiquer/Silver Note Writer [C: 13 W: 0 N: 12] (106)
Genre: Places
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2006-05-15
Categories: Artwork
Exposure: f/5.6, 1/3 seconds
Details: Tripod: Yes
Photo Version: Original Version
Date Submitted: 2006-05-15 9:21
Viewed: 464
Points: 2
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
Babushka or Matryoshka doll is a famous Russian nested doll made of wood. These ones were bought in Moscow on Vernisage market.

Further reading (from Wikipedia):
A set of Matryoshka dolls consists of a wooden figure which can be pulled apart to reveal another figure of the same sort inside. It has in turn another figure inside, and so on. The number of nested figures is usually six or more. The shape is mostly cylindrical, rounded at the top for the head and tapered towards the bottom, but little else; the dolls have no hands (except those that are painted). The artistry is in the painting of each doll, which can be extremely elaborate.

Matryoshka dolls are often designed to follow a particular theme, for instance peasant girls in traditional dress, but the theme can be almost anything, ranging from fairy tale characters to Soviet leaders.

A doll which represents an old woman is often called baboushka or babushka, that which represents an old man dedoushka or dedushka.

Matryoshka dolls are not a traditional Russian handicraft; the first one dates from 1890, and is said to have been inspired by souvenir dolls from Japan.

There are several areas with notable Matryoshka styles; Sergiyev Posad, Semionovo (currently town of Semyonov), Polkholvsky Maidan, and Kirov.

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good image BABUSHKA!
amitiés....aldo.

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