According to the mayan tradition of the Guatemalan plateau, when children are afraid or have nightmares at night, they express aloud their concerns to the dolls “Chitapesares”. Before you go to sleep, put them under the pillow. The dolls will absorb the worries, allowing the child to sleep in peace, and by dawn, all worries will be gone.
Chitapesar dolls are pieces of a traditional Guatemalan legend and can be used by adults and children, according to this legend, whose exact origin is unknown, the doll would worry about the problem rather than the person, allowing him to sleep peacefully.
- This way.
- When the person wakes up.
- He will be freed from the worries that have kept him awake.
- The belly of the wrist should be caressed so that it does not suffer the worries it has absorbed.
“If I say my concerns, the chitapesar dolls end my suffering and heal me in silence. My dolls sleep under my pillow and, if I have a problem, I wake them up. I who never believed in amulets and sorcerers, explain to me what do I do by saying my sorrows to my wrists?Tontxu?
Although there are chitapare dolls or chitapenas of all kinds, they usually measure 10 to 20 millimeters, are handmade with a wooden or wire base, their face is cotton, cardboard or clay and their clothes can be wool or aguayo. fabric, typical of Guatemala.
These dolls were originally intended to alleviate children’s nocturnal anxiety, but are now very common in adult life. They are usually packed in cloth boxes or bags in groups of six dolls, one for each day of the week, giving you the opportunity to rest. one day They are usually accompanied by the following instructions:
Focus on worry or suffering at bedtime
Tell the doll everything we want him to take.
Place the chitapares under the pillow.
Caress your wrist belly so you don’t feel your pain and in the morning, all worries go away.
Dolls are used as chitapares or amulets, offering the possibility to download the suffering of the day to day naturally. This beautiful tradition promotes a healthy psychological habit that we must all use every day: forgetting all the worries before we go to bed.
The fact that the transfer of our worries and sadness to dolls, even if it is imaginary, can be a very useful resource to manage the anxiety and anxiety caused by the problems and the release of insomnia from us.
Such is the strength of this tradition that there are beautiful stories that speak of the usefulness of these dolls to help the child control his emotions, manage his fears and control his anxiety.
“Ramon, the Disturbing?” It’s the story of Anthony Browne who has traveled the world bringing the traditional legend of Chitapesar dolls to millions of homes.
The story tells the story of a boy named Ramon who has many worries that prevent him from sleeping. After trying almost everything, his grandmother told him about the chitapesar dolls that alleviate his worries and managed to solve his problems.