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| The Japanese Naked Festival - The Hadaka Matsuri |
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ALL BODY HAIR SHAVED!!!
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I talk more about this festival in a vlog
here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9NCBzJmh3sc
(It's my casual channel: gimmeaflakeman)
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My brother made this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7t1LdD1zsiY
(I know he makes better videos than me!)
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Japanese notes:
hadaka=naked
matsuri=festival
yatai=food stand
iidesuyo=go ahead
abunai=dangerous
otoko=man
dame=bad
meiwaku=troublesome or "in the way"
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The small town of Konomiya, part of Inazawa
city, just outside Nagoya witnesses one of
Japan's most famous hadaka matsuri or naked
festivals.
The raucous festival dates back to 767 when
the local governor of Owari (present-day
Aichi Prefecture) instigated the festival in
an attempt to ward off a plague epidemic
sweeping the country.
The festival has a number of stages.
On the second day of the lunar new year a
post marked with the words "naoi shinji" is
set up outside Konomiya Shrine.
An hour later at 10am a group of applicants
arrive in the hope of being chosen as that
year's shin-otoko or ("god-man"). To be
selected as shin-otoko is considered a great
honor, though a dubious one in most people's
eyes in view of what is to follow.
A huge 4-ton rice-cake (mochi) is prepared
and is presented to the shin-otoko on the eve
of the main festival. For three days prior to
the start of the matsuri the shin-otoko is
kept alone, enclosed in a small hall in
Konomiya Shrine. He is fed only rice-gruel
and water and has all his body hair shaved
off as part of the purification rite.
The festival begins in mid-afternoon on the
13th day of the lunar new year when thousands
of men dressed only in loincloths carry a
bamboo pole covered with pieces of paper
carrying the excuses of people who couldn't
make it to the festival that year.
When the shin-otoko appears from the shrine
the assembled men - many of them aged 23 or
42 (ages considered unlucky or yakudoshi) -
converge on the shin-otoko in an effort to
touch him and thus pass on their bad luck and
so rid themselves of evil.
The shin-otoko's guards, who attempt to stop
him getting killed in the crush, throw cold
water on the crowds to help cool things down.
The event can be dangerous and people have
suffered injuries in the past.
At 3am the next morning the shin-otoko
carrying a "mud cake" on his back -
symbolizing bad luck and calamity is chased
away from the shrine and the mud cake is
buried by the shrine priests. This part of
the festival is known as yonaoi shinji.
Later that morning the large rice cake
presented earlier is cut up and distributed
to worshippers. Eating the rice cake is
supposed to ward off illness and misfortune.
(Taken from
http://japanvisitor.blogspot.com/2007/03/kono
miya-hadaka-festival.html)
Want more info? Do a google search or...
Check out these links!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hadaka_Matsuri
Tags : naked festival hadaka konomiya asia asian matsuri japan gimmeabreakman 国府宮神社の裸祭り 国府宮 神社 祭り lucymisser |
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Durée : 591 s |
| LOVE PSYCHEDELICO - 裸の王様 (hadaka no ousama) |
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One of my favorite song:
mousou wa surechigau tabi
suki na kotoba de iu
sakebitaku tomo kanawanai hibi ni
how I wonder
moumoku no IMITEESHON
sorya kimi wa kizukazu ni iu
don't fly away
aimai na souzou nante
mekurumeku hikari no guuzou
taitei wa kimi ni mo todokazu owaru darou
e ni egaita SUTEEJI wa
hadaka no ousamatachi no MESSEEJI
koe ni mo naranai
bokutachi no blues
IMEEJI wa itsumo DAMEEJI o
tsureteku loser
sore dake ni maybe, maybe
atashitachi nanika ni toritsukaretai no
maybe, maybe
don't fly away
gouman na urei no kage ga mata
yume da no ka n da no get away
ganbou wa kaze ni fukareru mama twist and
shake
kaisou wa komune de tokete wa
awai hana mitai na
don't fly away
aimai na shouchou nante
mekurumeku toki no guuzou
toomei na kimi ni mo nokorazu owaru darou
e ni egaita PUREEDO no ato ni wa
utsumuki kagen no SHOOTAIMU
sakendemo owaranai
bokutachi no truth
DAMEEJI wa itsumo IMEEJI o motomeru loser
sore dake ni maybe, maybe
atashitachi nanika sakebi tarinai no
maybe, maybe
Don't fly away
SUTEEJI wa hadaka no ousamatachi no MESSEEJI
koe ni mo naranai bokutachi no blues
IMEEJI wa itsumo DAMEEJI o tsureteku loser
sakendemo owaranai bokutachi no truth
SUTEEJI wa hadaka no ousamatachi no MESSEEJI
sore dake ni maybe, maybe
watashitachi nanika ni toritsukaretai no
maybe, maybe
I'm leaving, I'm leaving, I'm leaving, I'm
leaving
maybe, maybe
don't fly away
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Durée : 359 s |
| Hadaka Matsuri - Naked Man Festival |
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This isn't a particularly EXCITING clip from
the festival, but it gives you an idea of
what goes on in the cold, night-time hours of
Japan.
I was lucky enough to go to one of the Hadaka
(naked) Matsuri (festival) in Japan about two
years ago. I believe it was February 18th at
around 11pm in Okayama. Okayama is between
Hiroshima and Osaka. Very cold!
The festival began with the guys getting
tipsy and then wrapping up in loin
cloths...so they aren't COMPLETELY naked.
They then run out into the street and get
sprayed with cold water! This clip shows
them under the temple roof as they prepare to
fight for the shingi -- some kind of blessed
rod that's been greased up. The winner is
supposed to have great luck that year. They
were all drunk and rowdy, and the announcer
is trying to calm the group down before
things begin.
I'm too short to see above a crowd's head, so
my friend Hari (the voice you hear) shot the
clip for me. Thanks, Hari!
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