Women in bridal kimonos perform Shintoist ritual

MINAMIAIZU, Japan - About 30 women in traditional Japanese bridal attire march in the Shintoist Gion festival of Tajima, Fukushima Prefecture, July 23. According to a legend of Japan's indigenous religion, women in pure kimonos can conjure up gods from a local shrine and convince them to keep epidemics at bay.

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