[130425] Dara me2Day “Specialty San-Hareubang. Hareubang”

Dara has coined a new nickname, San-Hareaubang.  She is posing like the famous Hareubang statues that are a symbol of Jeju island.

Image says: Jeju’s Specialty San-Hareubang. Hareubang:

비가오나 눈이오나 바람이 부나 언제나 그 자리에. 기념사진 한방 찍으실래요~?

Always in that spot whether it rains, snows, or is windy. Would you like to take a picture to remember~?

Dol hareubangs, also called tol harubangs, hareubangs, or harubangs, are large mushroom-like statues found on Jeju Island off the southern tip of Korea. They are considered to be gods offering both protection and fertility and were placed outside of gates for protection against demons travelling between realities. The statues’ faces feature grinning expressions, bulging eyes without pupils, a long, broad nose, and slight smile, and their hands rest on their bellies, one slightly above the other. In sets of two, one has a higher left hand, and the other a higher right hand. The hat is commonly referred to as phallic or mushroom-like

Dol hareubangs have become the symbol of Jeju Island, and replicas of various sizes are sold as tourist souvenirs. The statues are sometimes sold as sources of fertility, and small replicas are sometimes given to women with fertility problems. The origin of this may have more to do with Jeju Do’s present-day status as a “honeymoon island” than tradition.


Source: Dara’s Me2Day