Folkslore: Worry Dolls

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Guatemalan worry dolls, or muñecas quitapenas, hold childrens' troubles while they sleep.

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In this episode of Folkslore, Flor Peralta shares how she used worry dolls to get through the night when her mother left to the States. But was it the mythical dolls, that are said to originate from a Mayan princess with the ability to solve any human problem, or something else that helped Flor to sleep?

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