Plate-smashing 'kyogen' drama staged at Kyoto temple

Plate-smashing 'kyogen' drama staged at Kyoto temple

Masked "drum sellers" drop some 1,000 fragile stacked clay plates off the stage of Mibu-dera temple in Kyoto, western Japan, during a traditional "kyogen" comic drama called "Horaku-wari" (smashing plates) on April 29, 2015. When the plates are broken, the wish of the person donating them is said to come true. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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