Naked Festival: Thousands gather for Japan's annual 'Hadaka Matsuri'

alive in the future," Mieko Itano, a spokeswoman from the Okayama tourism board, told CNN Travel.

When the lights go out at 10 p.m., a priest throws 100 bundles of twigs and two lucky 20-centimeter-long shingi sticks into the crowd from a window four meters above.The 10,000 or so men, packed in like sardines, jostle with each other to get hold of one of the bundles and/or the two sticks. Whoever succeeds is guaranteed a year of good fortune, according to legend.

Men in loincloths bathe in cold water to purify their souls as part of the "Hadaka Matsuri" at Saidaiji Temple on February 15, 2020 in Okayama, Japan.The festival evolved from a ritual that started 500 years ago during the Muromachi Period , when villagers competed to grab paper talismans, which were given out by a priest at the Saidaiji Kannonin Temple.

in 2016. It's one of several"naked festivals" held across Japan, with another held at Yotsukaido in Chiba prefecture, featuring men in loincloths fighting and carrying kids through mud as a method of exorcism.

I'm guessing the organizer actually bet someone big money that he could surround himself with 10,000 naked men.

FYI, most Japanese especially girls found this disgusting and can’t believe that they do this right now.

Thanks....but I’ll take my chances.

Trump rally?

Did Don Lemon start this tradition?

That Guy...in the far right corner...has tits !

Can you say: ' CULT '?

Even in this 21st century, ppl r ignorant of such a degree, strange! RT_com

All them hotdogs no buns sounds like a lame party bro

CORONAVIRUS

MWAHAHA80 are you going to this next year?

Brad_Nolan this is so strange

Nasty....I bet sticks wasn’t the only things those little zipper heads were grabbing....

Thank goodness for the “fundoshi”. You might grab the wrong stick.

The DNC?

💵😵😵😵

I can go to my backyard and grab a twig. Maybe I will package them and sell them.

Pass

Jostling for twigs you say 😏

Can they at least use pretzel sticks? Maybe chocolate covered?

People are gonna get the stick alright 😉

Trashy junk right up CNNs alley

They did all that for Twigs ? 😂

That's how priests get their jollies. I'm surprised the catholic church doesn't do this.

It doesn’t sound worth it to me.

Looks, Stinky

Guaranteed good fortune and VD😂 swordplay

Wait, your bending over picking up sticks naked with 10 thousand guys for a year of good luck? This sounds like a fucking nightmare.

Looks like ANTIFA trying to stomp on a MAGA hat.

WTF? 🤦🏻‍♂️

vlchrstn you’re kind of things HAHAHAHA imajsasa

Hmmm a bunch of naked men and a building of worship. Nothing suspicious about that one bit.

This explains so much about religion

So, how's the coronavirus going over there? 😳

Wheres Dildo

seen it all now lets hope they grab the right stick

Hard pass

intricate rituals

The majority gets the wrong stick, for sure 😂

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