Water-splashing festival in Yamagata Pref.

Water-splashing festival in Yamagata Pref.

YAMAGATA, Japan - Participants dressed in traditional straw coats dance to taiko drumming during the "Kasedori Festival" in Kaminoyama, Yamagata Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on Feb. 11, 2014, to pray for prosperity and fire prevention while local people line the streets with buckets and ladles to splash cold water onto the procession.

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