Year-end laughing festival in western Japan

Year-end laughing festival in western Japan

The Waraiko festival is held in a farming area in western Japan on Dec. 6, 2015, in which residents in formal attire let out three huge laughter -- first to thank the year's harvest, second to wish for good crops in the coming year and third to laugh off the sadness and pain of the year. The festival in the Omata district in the city of Hofu in Yamaguchi Prefecture is said to have been held for 800 years. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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