Courtiers seen before a ceremony to determine where best to grow royal rice, at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo, Japan, today. In the ritual, two thin plates made from turtle shells are heated over a flame to produce cracks, and then used to determine where rice should be grown for a key autumn ceremony presided over by new Emperor Naruhito. – AFP pic, May 13, 2019.
IN an ancient ceremony that occurs only once every imperial era, Japanese palace courtiers in traditional robes and hats decided today where best to grow royal rice – using shells from endangered turtles. Two thin plates made from the shells were heated over a flame to produce cracks, and then used to determine where rice should be grown for a key autumn ceremony presided over by new Emperor Naruhito.
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