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| | History : Traditional Festivals (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13) |
 | | Fukushima Prefecture abounds in unique festivals, in every season, all-year-round. |
 | | In this festival, which dates back 800 years, men wearing traditional kamishimo attire and young women dressed in bridal costumes, all carrying offerings of rice wine and festival foods, parade through the town to the local shrine. |
 | | At the sound of the day's first temple bell, young townsmen clad only in loin-cloths rush to climb up a thick rope to the ceiling of the main sanctuary Nanokado Temple, scrambling to capture a holy charm that is believed to bring good luck. |
| www.pref.fukushima.jp /list_e/festi_le.html (573 words) |
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