Annual cleaning of Great Buddha of Nara

Annual cleaning of Great Buddha of Nara

Monks wearing white clean the Great Buddha at Todaiji temple in the ancient Japanese capital of Nara, western Japan, on Aug. 7, 2022, in an annual "ominugui" cleaning event, which resumed after a two-year hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

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