Greetingman

{{Short description|Series of sculptures by Yoo Young-ho}}

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Greetingman ({{langx|ko|그리팅맨}}) is a South Korean modern sculpture project. Its main artist is sculptor Yoo Young-ho. The concept provides a man, 6 meters high, bowing in a typically Asian greeting gesture. The blue color symbolizes a lack of prejudice.

A series of these statues were intended to be installed, to symbolize South Korea's friendship with various countries around the world. In October 2012, the first such statue was unveiled in the neighbourhood of Buceo, Montevideo, Uruguay.{{cite web|url=http://www.elpais.com.uy/121020/pespec-670696/espectaculos/Escultura-coreana-en-rambla-de-Buceo/|title=Korean sculpture on the Montevidean seashore|date=2012-10-20|publisher=EL PAIS|access-date=2012-10-24|archive-date=2012-12-27|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121227140610/http://www.elpais.com.uy/121020/pespec-670696/espectaculos/escultura-coreana-en-rambla-de-buceo/|url-status=live}} {{in lang|es}} South Korea is the antipode (opposite side of the earth) of Uruguay, which adds symbolic meaning to the statue.[http://english.hani.co.kr/arti/english_edition/e_entertainment/486476.html One thousand greetings]The Hankyoreh. 8 July 2011 The second statue was unveiled in October 2013 in South Korea, near the Korean Demilitarized Zone, in Haean, Yanggu County, Gangwon.{{cite web |url=http://english.hani.co.kr/arti/english_edition/e_national/608543.html |title=Greeting Man statue coming to Korean War battleground |publisher=The Hankyoreh |date=25 October 2013 |access-date=23 January 2014 |archive-date=2 February 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140202155749/http://english.hani.co.kr/arti/english_edition/e_national/608543.html |url-status=live }} A third statue was unveiled in January 2016 in Panama City, Panama, the second to be unveiled in Latin America.{{cite web |url=http://laestrella.com.pa/estilo/cultura/develan-escultura-degreetingman-costa-este/23917137/foto/205961 |title=Develan escultura de "Greetingman" en la ciudad de Panamá |publisher=La Estrella de Panamá |date=20 January 2016 |access-date=25 January 2016 |archive-date=1 February 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160201030749/http://laestrella.com.pa/estilo/cultura/develan-escultura-degreetingman-costa-este/23917137/foto/205961 |url-status=dead }} Another statue was built in Merida, Yucatan, Mexico on March 17, 2021. It commemorates the large Korean community that was started by the first wave in 1905 of henequen laborers.{{cite web |url=https://www.theyucatantimes.com/2021/03/greetingman-means-man-who-salutes-and-it-is-a-south-korean-modern-sculpture-project/ |title=Greetingman means "Man Who Salutes" and it is a South Korean modern sculpture project |publisher=Yucatan Times |date=17 March 2021 |access-date=20 October 2021 |archive-date=20 October 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211020170148/https://www.theyucatantimes.com/2021/03/greetingman-means-man-who-salutes-and-it-is-a-south-korean-modern-sculpture-project/ |url-status=live }}