CultureCenturies-old Japanese festival brings Shinto traditions and towering floats to the streets
Japan’s Gion Matsuri festival fills the streets with towering floats. The floats feature in Shinto religious processions rooted in rituals dating back more than 1,000 years. Those early rites were intended to ward off epidemics. The centuries-old celebration continues to bring these religious traditions into public view.
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Centuries-old Japanese festival brings Shinto traditions and towering floats to the streets
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