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18th September 2011

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KISHIWADA DANJIRI MATSURI: 17-18 SEPTEMBER 2011

I went to Kishiwada Danjiri Matsuri today. The festival is held every year in Kishiwada, Osaka. Danjiri (festival floats) are hauled through the streets by hundreds of people using ropes. The carpenter of the float has the privilege of dancing on the roof of the float. It’s not uncommon for there to be a death caused by an out of control float plowing into the crowd or the dancer getting drunk and falling off the float.

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