Naked festival at western Japan temple

Naked festival at western Japan temple

Men wearing only loincloths jostle in the cold in a bid to grab two sacred wooden sticks during the over-500-year-old Saidaiji Eyo festival at Saidai-ji temple in Okayama, western Japan, on Feb. 15, 2020. A person who gets a stick is called a fukuotoko, or "lucky man." (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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