Because I grew up during the economically poor era after the WWII, I never owned my Hina-dolls. But I enjoyed looking at them at friend’s house.
As I wrote before, I include culture study when I teach Japanese language. So today, I told my students about the origin of Doll Festival (Hinamatsuri: A thousand year old tradition to celebrate health of female children. Don’t worry; there is another day for boys in May.) For older students, I just read the story. Younger student made origami dolls.