15,000 dolls on display in 'Big Doll Festival'.

15,000 dolls on display in 'Big Doll Festival'.

KATSUURA, Japan - A girl sucks her thumb besides some 15,000 dolls put on display for the annual ''Big Hina Matsuri (Doll Festival)'' that began in the town of Katsuura, Tokushima Prefecture, on Feb. 22. The doll festival is celebrated across Japan on March 3. The practice of displaying dolls dates to early in the Edo era (1600-1868). Parents present their daughter with a set of hina dolls and the daughter takes them when she marries.

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