Doll Marriage

A doll marriage brought the people of Maharashtra's Shivanfal together to pray for rain when drought and the acute financial crisis have hit the village.

Akihiko Kondo's mother refused an invitation to her only son's wedding in Tokyo this month, but perhaps that isn't such a surprise: he was marrying a hologram.

The community which performed the wedding of dolls believes that this age-old forgotten tradition has been revived as it brings good luck.

I never played with dolls. I played house, had little toy vessels and a stove and so on, but no dolls. I liked mixing and making things in that dollhouse's kitchen but never wanted to feed those meals to a doll, a pretend baby.

Kimberly Wyatt is "not sure" she believes in marriage.

A doll marriage brought the people of Maharashtra's Shivanfal together to pray for rain when drought and the acute financial crisis have hit the village.

Akihiko Kondo's mother refused an invitation to her only son's wedding in Tokyo this month, but perhaps that isn't such a surprise: he was marrying a hologram.

The community which performed the wedding of dolls believes that this age-old forgotten tradition has been revived as it brings good luck.

I never played with dolls. I played house, had little toy vessels and a stove and so on, but no dolls. I liked mixing and making things in that dollhouse's kitchen but never wanted to feed those meals to a doll, a pretend baby.

Kimberly Wyatt is "not sure" she believes in marriage.