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5 lines about west bengal doll​

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Explanation: Nutangram, a village in Burdwan, about four hours’ drive from Kolkata, is one such place, where the traditional style has been retained to a large extent. The dolls are first chiselled from a piece of seasoned wood cut to the required length. Then the face and attire is painted on them. The dolls lack modern sophistication but preserve in themselves a rustic beauty, the hallmark of ethnic crafts. There are three to four distinct varieties of dolls. The sari of bride dolls are painted with such skills that you will not find anything amiss even though the dolls have no limbs.

Nutangram, a village in Burdwan, about four hours’ drive from Kolkata, is one such place, where the traditional style has been retained to a large extent. The dolls are first chiselled from a piece of seasoned wood cut to the required length. Then the face and attire is painted on them. The dolls lack modern sophistication but preserve in themselves a rustic beauty, the hallmark of ethnic crafts. There are three to four distinct varieties of dolls. The sari of bride dolls are painted with such skills that you will not find anything amiss even though the dolls have no limbs.Dolls in the process of being painted

“Along with a change in lifestyle, the influx of metal and plastic, and machine-made goods, have doomed our traditional woodcraft,” said Makhan Sutradhar, a seller of wooden dolls at the village fair. Once prevalent over many districts in West Bengal, making of wooden toys and dolls, is now found only in a few places.

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