Wakayama temples heralds spring with fire festival

Wakayama temples heralds spring with fire festival

HASHIMOTO, Japan - The Kongobuji temple in Koya, Wakayama Prefecture holds the ''Koya Fire Festival'' on March 4 to herald the arrival of spring and to expel evil spirits, with monks feeding prayer wood plaques into a 2.5-meter-high pyre especially built for the occasion (Kyodo)

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