festivals & rites
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hadaka-matsuri
裸 祭り
festival of the naked
J 206 119a
The participants of this festival, different groups of young and elder men - naked except for their white
tabi
and loincloths (
fundoshi
) - jostle and fight with each other to obtain good fortune.
Saidai-ji
Temple.
City of Okayama
in February .
J 206 047
Saidai-ji
temple / Okayama City
hadaka-matsuri
/ festivals
J 206 046
festival ot the naked - family group
hadaka-matsuri
/ festivals
J 206 049
company group
hadaka-matsuri
/ festivals
J 206 049
youthful group
hadaka-matsuri
/ festivals
J 206 043
quick pray for successful competition
hadaka-matsuri
/ festivals
J 206 055
company group (2)
hadaka-matsuri
/ festivals
J 206 052
warming up by ecstasy
hadaka-matsuri
/ festivals
J 206 062
quick prayer
hadaka-matsuri
/ festivals
J 206 058
encouraging by whistle
hadaka-matsuri
/ festivals
J 206 086
putting on the laincloths
= fundoshi
hadaka-matsuri
/ festivals
J 206 085
fundoshi
(2)
hadaka-matsuri
/ festivals
J 206 118
fundoshi
(3)
hadaka-matsuri
/ festivals
J 206 050
entering the temple hall
hadaka-matsuri
/ festivals
J 206 084
small talk
hadaka-matsuri
/ festivals
J 206 069
ritual of purification in iced water
hadaka-matsuri
/ festivals
J 206 111
gathering in the temple hall
hadaka-matsuri
/ festivals
J 206 096
taking position
hadaka-matsuri
/ festivals
J 206 079
waiting for midnight
hadaka-matsuri
/ festivals
J 206 090
gathering
in tempel hall
hadaka-matsuri
/ festivals
J 206 094
gathering
in tempel hal
l (2)
hadaka-matsuri
/ festivals
J 206 092
gathering
in tempel hall
(3)
hadaka-matsuri
/ festivals
J 206 119
gathering
in tempel hall
(4)
hadaka-matsuri
/ festivals
J 206 115
race starting at midnight
hadaka-matsuri
/ festivals
J 206 114
gathering
in tempel hall
(5)
hadaka-matsuri
/ festivals
