Grooms soaked with water in ancient Japanese marital tradition

Grooms soaked with water in ancient Japanese marital tradition

Clad only in thin cotton summer kimono, four recently married men are soaked with icy water by four bachelors in a rare festival dating back some 400 years in Iwaki, Fukushima Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on Jan. 9, 2017. The festival is known as "mizu-shugi," or the gift of water. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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