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Amandze kwan do ntar na edwindadze a wɔdze yɛ haenyeo a wɔdze kyerɛɛ wɔ tsetse ndzɛmba akorae bi a ɔwɔ Jeju. (The traditional outfit and tools for haenyeo displayed at a museum in Jeju).

Haenyeo (Korean kasa mu: 해녀; n’asekyerɛ ara nye po mu mbaa - sea women) yɛ mbaa a wɔdze hɔn ho hyɛ nsu mu wɔ Korea Atɔe (South Korea) mantɔw Jeju mu, a hɔn asetradze nye dɛ wobotwa mollusks ahorow, po mu nkyɛkyɛr, na po mu mboa afofor efi po mu. Wonyim haenyeo dɛ wɔwɔ ahofadzi sunsum na hɔn bo a woasi, na wɔyɛ Jeju ebusua nhyehyɛɛ a ɔyɛ matriarchal fa no ananmusifo.[1][2][3]

Dɛm a amambra mu wɔtaa yɛ no, mbasiamba hyɛɛ ase tsetsee hɔn ho dɛ haenyeo ber a na woedzi mfe 11 no. Ber a wɔhyɛɛ ase wɔ nsu a no mu nndɔ mu no, hɔn a wɔretsetse hɔn no yɛɛ edwuma kɔr bun a mu yɛ dzen kɛse mu. Bɛyɛ mfe esuon (7) ntsetsee ekyir no, wobuu basiamba bi dɛ "ɔyɛ pɛ" haenyeo.[4] Ndɛ, haenyeo a woenyinyin kyɛn biara no bor mfe eduawɔtwe (80), na wɔdze bɔbor mfe eduesia-esia (66) na wɔdze hɔn ho ahyɛ nsu mu.[5]

Abakɔsɛm

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haenyeo tsetse ndzɛmba akorae diorama a wɔregye hɔn ahom wɔ ogya ho ber a wɔewie hɔn edwuma ama da no. (Museum diorama of haenyeo resting by the fire after finishing their work for the day).

Jeju esuguar atsetsesɛm fi afe 434 A.D.[4]: 100 Ahyɛse no, na nsu ase a wɔdze hɔn ho hyɛ mu yɛ banyin nkutsen edwuma, gye mbaa a wɔnye hɔn kunnom yɛ edwuma.[4]: 101 Mbaa a wɔdze hɔn ho hyɛ nsu ase ho asɛm a edzi kan wɔ nwoma ahorow mu no mma kesii afeha a ɔtɔ do eduosuon (17) mu, ber a Jeju asaase ho nsɛm ho nwoma biako ka hɔn ho asɛm dɛ jamnyeo (a n'asekyerɛ nye "mbaa a wɔdze hɔn ho hyɛ nsu ase").[4]: 101

Dodow a no do atsew

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Tse dɛ abakɔsɛm mu amambra mu ndzeyɛɛ afofor pii no, po do esuguar edwuma no ahwe ase wɔ mfirdwuma mu nkɔ do mu. Efi 1960 mfe no mu no, Korea aban no hwehwɛɛ akwan a wɔbɛfa do ama ɔman ne sikasɛm ayɛ kɛse wɔ mantɔw biara mu.[6]

Ɔnam dɛ ebusua pii dze hɔn ho to haenyeo do wɔ hɔn sika dodow no ara mu ntsi, fekuw bi a wɔyɛ mbaa na mbasiamba fa bi nyaa nkɔdo wɔ Jeju do a nna haenyeo na odzi fie no tsi.[6][7] Wɔ nsupɔw ketseaba a ɔwɔ Jeju mpoano tse dɛ Mara Supruw do, beebi a na po mu esuguar nkutsen nye sika fibea no, dɛm atsetsesɛm mu mbanyin na mbaa dwumadzi ahorow a wɔdaan no yi baa mu koraa; na mbanyin bɔhwɛ mbofra no na wɔakɔtotɔ ndzɛmba ber a mbaa no dze sika ba ebusua no mu.[7]

Mfonyinsie bea

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Wɔ amambra agye dzin mu

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  • My Mother, the Mermaid – 2004 film about a mother (who used to be a haenyeo) and her daughter.
  • Tamra, the Island – 2009 television series set in the 17th century, in which the heroine is a haenyeo.
  • Swallow the Sun – 2009 television series in which the protagonist's mother is a haenyeo.
  • Haenyeo: Women of the Sea – 2013 short film about Chewar Park, a still active 82-year-old haenyeo diver. Examining her daily routine as well as her past, Park sheds light on this unique matriarchal culture that has changed little since the 19th century.[8][9][10]
  • My Neighbor, Charles – 2015, episodes 24, 25, and 26 (documentary TV series); a Japanese immigrant trains to become a haenyeo
  • Canola – 2016 film starring Youn Yuh-jung as an elderly sanggun haenyo (captain of the seawomen).[11]
  • Our Blues – 2022 Korean drama series which portrays the work atmosphere between haenyeos of different ages.
  • Episode 1 of South Korea: Earth's Hidden Wilderness, BBC 2018, includes a feature on haenyeo free-diving for conches, and interviews one said to be aged 94.
  • White Chrysanthemum – a 2018 novel by Korean-American author Mary Lynn Bracht featuring a haenyeo taken as a comfort woman by the Japanese military in World War II.[citation needed]
  • The Island of Sea Women – a 2019 novel by American author Lisa See, is about the friendship and lives of two haenyeo during the Japanese occupation of Korea.[citation needed]
  • Soft Sounds from Another Planet – 2017 album by Japanese Breakfast which references Jeju-do and uses haenyeo as a metaphor, specifically the song "Diving Woman."[12]
  • Endlings - a 2018/2019 play by Celine Song, which portrays three elderly haenyeo and touches on themes of family, immigration, and theater. The play received its debut at Boston's American Repertory Theater in February 2019,[13] with another production at the off-Broadway New York Theatre Workshop in February 2020.[14]
  • Three Moons of Biyangdo – a 2022 documentary about three sisters (Kyung-Mi, Geum-Mi, and Jeong-Mi), who live on Biyangdo island, off Jeju's island and have been freediving together as haenyeos for the past 25 years.[citation needed]
  • In the television adaptation of Pachinko, the lead character Kim Sunja works as a haenyeo as a young girl.[citation needed]
  • Welcome to Samdal-ri (2023 South Korean TV series)

Hwɛ iyi nso

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  • Ama (diving) – Japanese pearl divers
  • Skandalopetra diving – Freediving using a stone weight at the end of a rope to the surface
  • Culture of Korea
  1. "Woman Power Deep Below the Sea". Business Korea. January 2003.
  2. "Families of the World: Korea (1975)". YouTube.
  3. "Documentary on 12 Year Old Korean Haenyeo Diver 1975". YouTube.
  4. 4.0 4.1 4.2 Hong, S.K. (1965). "Hae-nyo, the diving women of Korea". In Rahn, H.; Yokoyama, T. (eds.). Physiology of Breath-Hold Diving and the Ama of Japan. United States: National Academy of Sciences - National Research Council. pp. 99–112. ISBN 0-309-01341-0. Archived from the original on December 29, 2010. Retrieved October 6, 2013.
  5. Hutchens, Jeff (March 25, 2013). "The Diving Women of Jeju (Part 1)" (Video). YouTube. Imagine Your Korea.
  6. 6.0 6.1 Gwon, Gwi-Sook (2015). "Changing labor processes of women's work: the haenyo of Jeju Island". Korean Studies. 29: 114–136. doi:10.1353/ks.2006.0006.
  7. 7.0 7.1 "Episode 5: Haenyeo Female Divers" (Video). YouTube. Travel Tours Korea LA18. Archived from the original on 2021-12-21. Retrieved November 8, 2015
  8. HaenyeoFilm.com Archived 2013-12-03 at the Wayback Machine
  9. HaenyeoDocumentary.com Archived 2013-12-03 at the Wayback Machine
  10. IMDb Page
  11. Chung, Joo-won (April 19, 2016). "Family film ready to pull at heartstrings of Korea, China". Yonhap News. Retrieved July 25, 2016.
  12. Siemsen, Thora (May 22, 2017). "A Diving Woman: In Conversation with Japanese Breakfast". Out Magazine. Pride Publishing, Inc. Retrieved August 1, 2019.
  13. "Endlings at A.R.T. Starts February 26". American repertory Theater.
  14. "NYTW / Endlings".