Exhausted, portrait
Kyoto 2011
May sees plenty of festivals every day. These are always photogenic events. This is a portrait of a man carrying the Mikoshi at Ujigami Matsuri.
The Mikoshi is a portable shrine that is brought through every street and to every house supporting that temple. Participants receive a divine protection for another year. The Mikoshi is quite heavy and the procession last several hours, therefore all men look pretty exhausted at the end of the day. But if you live in the district or the village organizing the festival, you have to participate!
Sometimes it gets pretty dangerous with fire etc... like for this one.
Teamwork, carrying the Mikoshi
Kyoto 2011
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