Todaiji festival

Todaiji festival

NARA, Japan - Photo with 2-minute exposure shows the bearer of a giant torch leading a group of Buddhist monks passing the outer corridors of Nigatsudo hall at Todaiji temple in Nara on March 12, 2012, as part of the temple's Omizutori festival. (Kyodo)

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