For Nearly two thousand years, Japanese women living in the small
They are known as Ama, and from this post you will learn that they are still a few of these Ama's ladies still left in Japan. And that still make their living well into their 9os . How you say? By filling their lungs with air and diving for long periods of time deep deep into the very cold depths of the Pacific ocean, with nothing more than a mask and flippers.
This is one of the reason the myth of the Mermaid started with the
In the mid 2oth century, Iwase Yoshiyuki returned to the fishing village where he grew up and started photographing these women doing this
These very young women, probably only in their 20's and some just young girls would dive into the freezing waters off of the coastline
session, up to three times a day. These young women and girls would dive into this freezing water too harvest seaweed, turban shells and the prosperous pearl-bearing abalone which takes a very deep deep dives into the depth of the freezing waters..and to prey them off the coral on the bottom of the ocean is just yet another of they problems they would have. In the times it was thought that women, were believed to be better suited for the task of the freezing waters because of and extra insulating layer of fat on the female body that allowed them to hold their breath much longer than that of any man.
With this advantage, they could also make more money in a single diving season than most of the men in their village would make in a years worth of work at a regular job.
So you are probably wondering why you see so many naked ladies!
The naked body dries much faster by its own body heat, but if you have a wet cotton suit on, it will keep the body cold & wet. It will take far longer for the body to warm up even with freezing air that blows off the coastline after the girls come out of the water. This is why most Ama took to diving in the cold pacific ocean with nothing more than a tiny loincloth and a mask.
After the World War II, the carefree Ama divers of Japan suddenly
Japanese Mermaids: Ancient Pearl Hunters of the Sea-
This is a continuation of the Mermaid women of the Freezing oceans of the Japan. These women known as Ama are the last of
In Japan women and young girls have been doing his job for nearly two thousand years , because they believe that over the centuries
But these women that are carry on the tradition of the Ama Woman are not the young women and girls like before-
No .....They are Indeed the true last of the Ama's The elders The
youngest known Ama is forty-five years old and women are commonly known to dive well into their 90s. But their daughters and the younger female generations of the communities of the small villages of the Ama's are uninterested in learning form their elders. So the unusual profession is nearly if not almost extinct. If
I guess it might have something to do with what these women Ama divers do. Underwater hunting , often can go down to a free dive up to 30 feet below, its very dangerous work and the divers are often joined by shark during their descent. The Amas will usually be under water for 2mins at a time and come up for air for just barely a few seconds. They will do this up to 60 time's in one diving session the water too is often freezing too.
So these could be the very reasons when the young generation isn't
interested in learning the ways of the Ama and come be the End of an great tradition of Japan that will be just in the books and no
I hope you all enjoyed this post. I thought it was interesting ..
much love you my dear readers..
Wendy..
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