Kyoto temple conducts annual bamboo-cutting ritual for good fortune

A team of Buddhist priests cuts a green bamboo, representing a snake and seen as a symbol of danger, with a "yamagatana" hatchet during an annual ritual at Kurama-dera temple in Kyoto, western Japan, on June 20, 2015. The ritual is for good fortune and a good harvest. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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