The Daruma Doll is a symboll of good luck and completion likeswise in Japan, and it is also credited with bringing good health,safety, peace and avoiding Japan. It is no arms and legs but a round face with a moustache and beard, the doll seems to look more sacred to us as it's said to be modelled after an ancient Buddhist monk in a sitting meditating position.
One of the most popular talismans of good luck in modern Japan is the armless, legless, and eyeless Daruma dolls, or tumbler dolls. At the temple festivals and fairs, such There are typically made of papier-mache, painted red, and depict Bodhidharma seated in mediation. When knocked on its side, the dolls pops back to the upright position . The dolls come in many sizes - the standard size is larger than a basketball. While most the Daruma dolls are male, some Japanese localities have female the daruma dolls.
New Year time, Every country in Japan buy the Daruma dolls, make a resolution, and then paint in one of the eyes. If, during the year, they are able to achieve their goal, they paint in the second eye. Many politicians, at the beginning of an election period, will buy a Daruma doll, paint in one eye, and then, if they win the election, paint in the other eyes. At year end, it is customary to take the Daruma dolls to the temple, where it is burn in the big bonfire.
