restoring the technique of making toys, the whistle characteristic of this area, which was laid by anna marachevaed whistles from only one piece of crest. it is done literally. just pinch the top edge, then a small incision. this is precisely the feature of the dubrovinsky toy that claims the status of a historian of cultural value. it would seem how easy an ordinary lump of clay becomes a small work of art. whistles have been known for over 5,000 years. they are in almost all parts of the world, it is customary to give them to each other for the holidays and use them as protection from evil forces. i heard that on the feast of yuri when the cattle were driven out that whistle was always the shepherd, and he was the first to go and whistle ahead of the herd. such a tradition was in rassasna, and who made so many women, men, the youngest or, on the contrary, the oldest in the family? well, of course , men were engaged in pottery, and children and wives always helped, they helped, uh, knead the clay. eh, they helped to dry and wash it. and, of course, while the owner was doing the most basic work,