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ARTS & CRAFTS OF INDIA

||Introduction|| ||Clay Crafts|| ||Textiles|| ||Decorated Fabrics|| ||Ivory Work|| ||Glass Products||
||Leather Works||
||Metal Works|| ||Jewellery|| ||Wood Work|| ||Papier Mache|| ||Toys|| ||Stone Work|| ||Cane Work||

TOYS

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India has a glorious tradition in toys. The excavations from Harappa and Mohenjodaro have
thrown up a magnificent profusion of clay toys. A large variety of materials are used for the
manufacture of toys and dolls. Red wood, cow dung, papier-mache, paper and clay are some
of them. Clay toys are made in almost all the states in folk style. Some are closely connected
with seasonal religious festivals. Almost every region of India is renowned for its distinctive
tradition of toys. One of the oldest and most popular media for toys has been that of painted
and lacquered wood. In Bihar, the entire story of Shyama Chak festival is related through clay
images. Specially carved red wood toys, called Tirupati dolls, are
made at the pilgrimage centre of Tirupati in Andhra Pradesh. Another
captivating craft is the leather puppets of Andhra Pradesh.
Interestingly, these are about five feet high, translucent and dramatically
painted in vegetable dyes. Pith or Indian cork has been used in Assam
to make toys and dolls since centuries. These toys are painted to give
them a bright look. All kinds of traditional toys carry a deep stamp of
the true Indian characteristics. The rattle and its variant dugg duggi is
the most common of rural toys along with the wooden cart, lakdi ki
katti.The Rajasthani stuffed toys are made from old clothes and fabric

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Although most of the toys are made to amuse children, some of them are used as crafts. The
toys of Kondapalli (Krishna district) and Ettikoppaka (Vishakapatnam district) in Andhra
Pradesh and the lacquered wooden toys of Chennapatna, Mysore are the best specimens. The
Kondapalli toys are made from soft wood called ponki, which is treated with boiled tamarind
juice and lime paste. The most famous of the Kondapalli toys is the Ambari elephant. Nirmal,
Tirupati and Tiruchanur are other important toy making centres in Andhra Pradesh.

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||Introduction|| ||Clay Crafts|| ||Textiles|| ||Decorated Fabrics|| ||Ivory Work|| ||Glass Products|| ||Leather
Works||
||Metal Works|| ||Jewellery|| ||Wood Work|| ||Papier Mache|| ||Toys|| ||Stone Work|| ||Cane Work||
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