Daruma Doll - Symbol of Good luck (FD20082020-3)
Daruma Doll is actually a japan culture lucky item. This doll is actually model according to a monk name bodhidharma whom had a very persistence and firm in achieving his spiritual goal. But the main reason it caught my attention are the symbolism behind daruma "fall down 7 times, get up 8 times" . A very useful symbolism that remind one to get up everytime one falls down other than the belief that it is a good luck talisman. So i did a bit reading about the daruma doll. The actual daruma doll was design in a way that when the doll fall down, it will get up by it own self . Each of its pattern and colour on the doll are actually representing a part of animal good omen such as the crane eye and tortoise . The daruma doll was originally created to solve the over demand of talisman coming from the temple . It was also believe that at a later time, it was commission to farmers as a way to earn extra income by enable them to create their own daruma doll to sell (the mold was d...