People crowd Kyoto on eve of Gion festival

People crowd Kyoto on eve of Gion festival

KYOTO, Japan - People crowd the streets of Kyoto on July 16 on the eve of the annual ''Gion Matsuri (festival)''. The festival has its origin in 869, when 66 tall ''hoko (spears)'' representing the provinces of Japan were erected and prayers offered to counter an epidemic that had swept the city.

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