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| 19.06.09 |
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The Female Haenyo Divers of Cheju Island, in Korea have been part of the sea and this tradition for the last 2000 years where they are born, grow up and die.
The haenyos dive several times a month, when the tides are favorable, to collect sea treasures: abalone, sea urchins, octopi, seaweed and shellfish, holding their breath for up to 2minutes while they scourge along the sea floor, prying shellfish from stone at depths of up to 65 feet, .
Before you can even lay eyes on them you can hear there breathing which they have a word for sumbisori, a whistling noise made as they break the surface after a long submersion.
Back on shore, at seaside stalls around Jeju, tubs of abalone, octopus, mottled sea cucumber, and spiny sea squirt sit waiting to be sliced and served on plastic plates, with a side of sticky red hot sauce called ch’ojang. If you catch a haenyeo returning from a dive, it’s possible to sample sea urchin directly from her net, smashed open on the pier with a hammer so you can scoop out its spongy roe with a finger.
These women are a unique breed, hardened by the wind and waves they serve the freshest seafood in the world, taking mere seconds on the trip from ocean to tongue.
Video of lady good divers
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