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The voodoo string dolls
have become a huge craze throughout Asia and the U.S. and have now
spread throughout Europe and onwards. Voodoo string dolls are now
available in hundreds if not thousands of designs from Devils to
Witches, Zombies, Fairies, to Father Christmas and Harry Potter, in fact
the list is now virtually unlimited with a voodoo string doll available
to suit any taste or style.
The history and origin of
voodoo string dolls is unclear, but it is believed that they originated
in Northern Thailand and quickly spread across the rest of Asia.
The hand-made nature of voodoo string dolls makes them an ideal product
for individual artisans or small rural initiatives to produce them and
sell them themselves, and the wide-spread popularity of the voodoo
string dolls has brought about a means for many in poorer regions to
escape more laborious and dangerous forms of employment.
The voodoo string dolls
are often advertised as possessing of magical powers, able to bestow
upon their owners the gifts of luck, love, and riches. However
despite their universal popularity voodoo string dolls have not escaped
unblemished, the voodoo string dolls have become banned in China over
concerns from angry parents that their children were using them to
practise black-magic.
Despite popular beliefs
that 'Voodoo' is a dark art practised by chicken sacrificing,
pin-sticking practioners of evil-magic, the religon of voodoo is more
often used for beneficial purposes, hence the magical powers attributed
to the voodoo string dolls.
Where-ever your beliefs
lie with regard to voodoo, there's no denying that not only has the
voodoo string doll sensation brought much needed independance and
financial relief to the rural communities that produce them, but that a
voodoo string doll makes an excellent addition to any mobile phone or
set of keys. |
