Lion dance performed on Kobe street to drive out evil

KOBE, Japan - A lion dance is performed on a street in Chinatown in Kobe, Hyogo Prefecture, on May 23 in a ritual to drive out ''evil'' as the town faces a fall in visitors due to the spread of the new strain of influenza.

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