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© 2018 AFPJapan's 'ama' grannies cling to their free-diving fishing tradition
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I saw a documentary on YouTube about these grannies (perhaps not these specific ones) and they afraid they will be the last generation of these free diving women.
seadog538
Swimming, it is said, is a very good form of exercise for the body----certainly must work for these super healthy women.
Steve McCarty
Did a research paper with translations about the incredible lore of the ama (海女): https://www.academia.edu/36072919/Legend_of_the_Woman_Diver
UlsterBoy
And Free Diving is ... ?
It's not something that Japan alone should hold claim to. Don't portray it as such as by doing so, you demean the other Societies that have similar practices/sports.
Just see it for what it is.
jiji Xx
here in Onjuku, Chiba-ken, there is a museum of photos of the women who used to dive hereabouts. it's housed in what was formerly the hospital, a wooden building, the operating-room still intact, with the addition of photos.