Experiencing Haenyeo

The mysterious island of Jeju is home to the haenyeo who resembles the sea.

For Jeju women, the sea is a childhood playground, and soon becomes a place of work and a place of life to which their life is forever bound. Jeju haenyeo has abundant knowledge and experience of underwater geography and marine organisms which they acquire through their own body.

Jeju haenyeo dives into the water without equipment and harvest sea foods. You must stop breathing in order to live. The daughters of the sea, Jeju haenyeo.