"INDIA BARBIE" DOLL BY MATTEL - 1981

"INDIA BARBIE" DOLL BY MATTEL, 1983.

"NAMASTE" (HELLO)! MEET "BARBIE FROM INDIA" AND LEARN ABOUT HER COUNTRY.

SHE COMES FROM A COUNTRY THAT HAS THE HIGHEST MOUNTAINS IN THE WORLD AND JUNGLES WHERE TIGERS, ELEPHANTS AND MONKEYS LIVE. A BEAUTIFUL BIRD, THE PEACOCK, IS THE NATIONAL EMBLEM.

IN INDIA MOST PEOPLE LIVE IN VILLAGES WITH NO RUNNING WATER SO THEY CARRY WATER IN IN BIG ROUND POTS ( ON THEIR HEAD) FROM A "WELL".

INDIANS EAT SPICY FOOD  INCLUDING RICE, CHAPATTIES (LIKE A PANCAKE) AND CURRY. THEY EAT WITH THEIR FINGERS.

MOST INDIANS FOLLOW THE HINDU RELIGION AND BELIEVE THAT CATTLE ARE SACRED ANIMALS AND RIVERS ARE HOLY PLACES. THE MOST HOLY RIVER IS "THE GANGES".

MARRIED HINDU WOMEN PAINT A COLOURED DOT ON THEIR FOREHEADS. SOME INDIANS ARE MOSLEM AND SOME ARE CHRISTIANS.

WOMEN WEAR SARIS INSTEAD OF DRESSES. A SARI LIKE "INDIA BARBIE" IS WEARING GOES AROUND THE WAIST AND OVER ONE SHOULDER.

THE "TAJ MAHAL" IS INDIA'S MOST BEAUTIFUL BUILDING BUILT BY ONE OF THEIR KINGS LONG, LONG AGO.

IN MOST SCHOOLS CHILDREN HAVE TO SIT ON THE FLOOR AS THEIR ARE NO DESKS!

"INDIA BARBIE" IS 29.29 CMS HIGH. SHE WEARS A THREE PIECE DARK RED AND GOLD SARI, WEARS JEWELLERY AND A PAIR OF RED SHOES.

CONTENTS OF THE BOX  ALSO INCLUDE A DOLL STAND, CUT OUTS, A SCENIC POSTER, SPEAK "HINDI" BOOK, TOUR TICKETS, MAP OF INDIA, MONEY AND PASSPORT.  

"INDIA BARBIE" AND THE BOX SHE STANDS IN IS THE ORIGINAL BOX WHICH IS ALSO IS IN GOOD CONDITION.  HAVING BELONGED TO AN ARDENT MATURE AGE DOLL MAKER AND COLLECTOR I DOUBT WHETHER SHE HAS EVER BEEN PLAYED WITH AS SHE IS "BRAND NEW" IN APPEARANCE.