"Sento-kuyo" ceremony in Kyoto

"Sento-kuyo" ceremony in Kyoto

More than 1,000 candles are lit around 8,000 roughly carved stone Buddhas at Adashino Nenbutsuji, a Buddhist temple in Kyoto, on Aug. 23, 2016, during the Buddhist ceremony called "Sento-kuyo" in honor of the spirits of the dead. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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