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Be Happy Always Handmade Guatemalan Worry Doll Happy Wreath UMBVS Desert Weavers of India a frog closes its eyesBy Elias Garcia, this charming wreath carries a message 'Be Happy Always.' He covers it with handloomed Guatemalan textiles and adorns it with diminutive worry dolls who wear red clown noses. The dolls are crafted by his sister of the Lopez Garcia family. According to Maya legend, the sun god gave princess Ixmucane the gift of solving people's problems. With time people started making dolls in Ixmucane's honor and they would tell her their woes,