1,000 women dance in Kumamoto festival

1,000 women dance in Kumamoto festival

KUMAMOTO, Japan - Women perform during the traditional "Sennin Toro Odori" festival in which some 1,000 women dressed in cotton summer kimono with paper lanterns on their heads dance, in Yamaga, Kumamoto Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on Aug. 16, 2014.

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