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All the baby-carrying men must be careful not to slip and fall in the mud. Warabi Hadaka Matsuri in Yotsukaido, Chiba.1515 views
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Mud Brings Happiness, at Warabi Hadaka Matsuri in Yotsukaido, Chiba.1312 views
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A Touch of Mud. One custom is to receive a touch of mud on your face.1192 views
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Mud Fight1179 views
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New Status Symbol at Warabi Hadaka Matsuri in Yotsukaido, Chiba.1129 views
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I can't see... That's what he said: "Mienai" The kids nearby were screaming with laughter.1123 views
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The End(s)1052 views
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Sacred Water (and Mud). On the the left, the water feeding the paddy is enclosed by a sacred rope. This makes the water (and mud) sacred.1049 views
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Mud Spotting, Warabi Hadaka Matsuri in Yotsukaido, Chiba. The men hold babies and use mud to paint a mud spot on the baby's face. It is to wish for happiness for the baby.1018 views
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Keep in mind that this is in the middle of winter.970 views
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Baby Blessings at Warabi Hadaka Matsuri in Yotsukaido, Chiba. Infants are blessed in front of the shrine.929 views
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Babies to Mud at Warabi Hadaka Matsuri in Yotsukaido, Chiba. The men carry babies to the mud paddy and use a straw strand to paint a dot on the baby. Sometimes they use a finger to do it.905 views
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After warming up at the fire, they run back to the mud.896 views
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Mud Fight. After clashing and crashing to the mud, they throw mud at each other.891 views
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Warm Up885 views
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They are in the mud for only a few minutes. Then they go back up to the shrine nearby and warm up near a fire. They go back and forth between the shrine and mud paddy about 4 or 5 times.873 views
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Mimusubi Shrine, Yotsukaido, Chiba. The small shrine that conducts the festival. (皇産霊神社)866 views
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Mud on Your Face: Fashionable, at Warabi Hadaka Matsuri in Yotsukaido, Chiba.822 views
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The festival is also nicknamed "Doronko Matsuri" which means Mud Festival.811 views
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A Man and a Baby at Warabi Hadaka Matsuri in Yotsukaido, Chiba.809 views
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Mud for All Ages805 views
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Men Take Strands of Straw766 views
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Mud Slinging744 views
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Mud Fight Round 2721 views
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Some babies wear beautiful kimono for the occasion.704 views
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Mud Paddy. Main site of the Warabi Hadaka Matsuri held every Feb. 25.679 views
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Yotsukaido Station is on the JR Sobu Line on the way to Narita Airport. Map: http://www.kanko.chuo.chiba.jp/c_event/5705/590 views
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