Year-end cleaning at Kyoto temple

Year-end cleaning at Kyoto temple

People wearing coverall aprons and masks beat tatami mats with springy bamboo sticks during a "Susuharai" end of year cleanup event at Higashi-Honganji, a Buddhist temple in Kyoto, western Japan, on Dec. 20, 2015, with a big fan blowing away the dust that accumulated over the past year. The traditional event has been conducted for more than 500 years. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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