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	Sendai, Miyagi - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The festival is relatively quiet compared to other traditional Japanese festivals, because its main attractions are the intricate Tanabata decorations.
		The Aoba Matsuri Festival follows more typical Japanese festival traditions, with a mikoshi, floats, a samurai parade, and traditional dancing.
		Local people burn their New Year decorations and pray for health in the new year during the Dontosai Festival, the oldest festival in Miyagi Prefecture.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Sendai (3412 words)

	Shinto Shrine Guide - Iconography, Objects, Superstitions in Japanese Shintoism
		Most shrines hold regular festivals (matsuri) to commemorate dates related to that shrine or deity.
		These festivals typically include parades, music and dancing, theatrical performances or Noh drama, food and games, and often community members carry a mikoshi (portable shrine) throughout the streets.
		Many localities, for example, hold their own "Fertility" festival, wherein local residents carry around large portable shrines that depict the male sexual organ.
	www.onmarkproductions.com /html/shrine-guide-2.shtml (3074 words)

	HaCKeD By BeLa - Shinto: How does the agricultural cycle affect Shinto ritual celebration? (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		Some shrines, however, still host major celebrations during July, August, and September.
		Many of these are occasions for teams of younger men and boys especially to engage in spirited competition, vying to get their mikoshi along the procession route faster and arrive at the shrine first.
		Winter festivals {fuyu no matsuri} revolve largely around preparations for the end of the year and New Year's celebrations {shogatsu}.
	www.prayer.net /modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=873 (759 words)

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