The Island of the Dolls! Do you know about it?
There is a terrible 'Dolls Island' in Xochimilco district, 17 miles south of Mexico City. It is known from the usual incident that the mysterious journey of this island has started.
The event happened about 90 to 95 years ago. History is known, the island was cold and dark. Three Mexican children were playing with dolls on this island. When the game, they give the doll to the wedding. And at the same time suddenly a child disappeared. Start searching. After finding a lot, the baby's body is found in a nearby canal. From that to the common people, this island became a terrible island, and from that time there have been many tales in the public.
Many brave heroes of Mexico were shocked at the island. Wonder hanging doll on the island, doll hanging on the wall of a small abandoned house. Wherever the eyes go, only dolls and dolls. There are so many dolls on this deserted island that no one knows it clearly. But these dolls do not automatically come to this island. A priest named Don Julian Santana chose to look after this island in 1950. To deliver to the spirit of the deceased child was wanted, That is to bring all the dreadful dolls around the island.
Seeing the dolls, they will feel they have lost their life in torture. At the request of that soul, Julian kept collecting dolls from the people in exchange for vegetables planted in his ashram. If the dolls were hanging around the island or the soul of the child was happy. Thus, this island was developed as the island of Dolls.
In order to eliminate the common misconceptions among the people, the Mexican government declared the island as 'National Heritage' in 1990, and took steps to make the island clean by making it a tourist area.