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Sarubobo is one of the many special products in Japan.
What is Sarubobo
Sarubobo is doll's name of special product in Hida Takayama. Sarubobo
is a kind of charm. Grandmothers make sarubobos for grandchildren as
dolls, and for daughters for good marriage, good child, and being a
well-rounded couple.
The origin of Sarubobo
Sarubobo means a baby monkey. In Japanese, monkey is called "Saru", and
another way of saying is "En". There are some reasons why a baby's name of
monkey was used. Sarubobo is included three wishes. The wishes are ...
- Protection from bad things.
In Japanese, leave means "Saru", so bad things will "Saru"
- A happy home, a good match
In Japanese, a happy home is Kanai "En"man, a good match is Ryo-"En"
- Having an easy delivery on birth.
Monkey's childbirth is easy. These three reasons are the origin of
Sarubobo. Sarubobo's face is red, a face of monkey's baby is red, too. So
we call this doll Sarubobo
The reason why Sarubobo
has no face
The reasons aren't sure, but some reasons exist. Originally, Sarubobo
was made of the left over cloth from mother to her children. So Sarubobo
wasn't needed to be a perfect likeness. This is one reason. The other
reason is that we can imagine Sarubobo's face freely. When we are sad,
Sarubobo looks like sad. When we are happy, Sarubobo looks like happy,
too.
Modern Sarubobo
Recently, some people have modernized Sarubobo. Now Sarubobo has many
colors, and shapes. There are color Sarubobos. Blue Sarubobo is for luck
in study and work. Pink Sarubobo is for luck in love. Green Sarubobo is
for luck in health. Yellow Sarubobo is for luck in money. There is a
Sarubobo that has an interesting shape. We call this "Tobibobo."
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