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Toba Fire Festival
FEBRUARY 11, 2018 - Men wearing loincloths march to the sea during Toba-no-Hi-matsuri, a fire festival held annually at Toba Shinmeisha, a Shinto shrine FEBRUARY 11, 2018 - Men wearing loincloths march to the sea during Toba-no-Hi-matsuri, a fire festival held annually at Toba Shinmeisha, a Shinto shrine.
The festival begins with men walking from the shrine to the sea, and standing in the ocean wearing only loincloths as part of a purification ritual.
The celebration culminates with the burning of the torches built from bamboo and pampas grass. weather and harvest.
(Photo by Ben Weller/AFLO) (JAPAN) [UHU] (JAPAN)
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