30,000 old 'hina' dolls

30,000 old 'hina' dolls

TOKUSHIMA, Japan - Around 30,000 old ''hina'' dolls, collected from homes nationwide, are displayed on an 8-meter-high pyramid stand in the town of Katsuura, Tokushima Prefecture, on Feb. 19, 2012, for a festival that started the same day and runs until March 20. The dolls are usually displayed on a much smaller stand in Japanese homes to bring happiness to young girls around early March.

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