Sominsai: The End of a 1000-Year-Old Festival
This year saw the end of Sominsai, a unique festival in which loinclothed men plunge into freezing water, are enveloped in smoke, and jostle through the night to grasp a lucky sack as a form of prayer to the Buddha for a bountiful harvest and plentiful health.
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Sominsai: The End of a 1000-Year-Old Festival
14m
This year saw the end of Sominsai, a unique festival in which loinclothed men plunge into freezing water, are enveloped in smoke, and jostle through the night to grasp a lucky sack as a form of prayer to the Buddha for a bountiful harvest and plentiful health.
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Sominsai: The End of a 1000-Year-Old Festival
Friday
May 23
1 Hour
An in-depth look at the end of Sominsai, a unique cultural festival in Japan featuring competitive challenges that act as a purification ritual and form of prayer to the Buddha. -
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Sominsai: The End of a 1000-Year-Old Festival
Saturday
May 24
1 Hour
An in-depth look at the end of Sominsai, a unique cultural festival in Japan featuring competitive challenges that act as a purification ritual and form of prayer to the Buddha. -
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Sominsai: The End of a 1000-Year-Old Festival
Saturday
May 24
1 Hour
An in-depth look at the end of Sominsai, a unique cultural festival in Japan featuring competitive challenges that act as a purification ritual and form of prayer to the Buddha.
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