FESTIVALS IN JAPAN - Dec 6

Akibasan Hibuse Matsuri
An esoteric Buddhist ceremony. Monk ascetics, called Shugenja, perform rituals for the deity using drums, bells, and religious chants. In a ritual called Hiwatari, they also walk barefoot across burning embers.

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