Followers clean Higashi-Honganji Temple for new year

Followers clean Higashi-Honganji Temple for new year

KYOTO, Japan - Followers of the Higashi-Honganji Temple in Kyoto beat the dust out of the tatami mats in the temple with bamboo sticks and huge paper fans on Dec. 20, 2009, a traditional year-end ritual in preparation for the new year.

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