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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.1076 views
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 Mud Brings Happiness, at Warabi Hadaka Matsuri in Yotsukaido, Chiba.897 views
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 I can't see... That's what he said: "Mienai" The kids nearby were screaming with laughter.869 views
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 New Status Symbol at Warabi Hadaka Matsuri in Yotsukaido, Chiba.864 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.804 views
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 The End(s)789 views
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 A Touch of Mud. One custom is to receive a touch of mud on your face.778 views
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 Mud Fight756 views
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 Keep in mind that this is in the middle of winter.731 views
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 Baby Blessings at Warabi Hadaka Matsuri in Yotsukaido, Chiba. Infants are blessed in front of the shrine.696 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.650 views
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 After warming up at the fire, they run back to the mud.631 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.628 views
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 Mud Fight. After clashing and crashing to the mud, they throw mud at each other.621 views
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 Warm Up613 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.607 views
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 Mud on Your Face: Fashionable, at Warabi Hadaka Matsuri in Yotsukaido, Chiba.576 views
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 A Man and a Baby at Warabi Hadaka Matsuri in Yotsukaido, Chiba.557 views
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 Mud for All Ages556 views
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 The festival is also nicknamed "Doronko Matsuri" which means Mud Festival.552 views
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 Mimusubi Shrine, Yotsukaido, Chiba. The small shrine that conducts the festival. (皇産霊神社)540 views
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 Men Take Strands of Straw485 views
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 Mud Slinging478 views
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 Mud Fight Round 2456 views
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 Some babies wear beautiful kimono for the occasion.455 views
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 Mud Paddy. Main site of the Warabi Hadaka Matsuri held every Feb. 25.429 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/5705/311 views
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