Unique shouting contest held in southwestern Japan

Unique shouting contest held in southwestern Japan

OITA, Japan - A man with his child screams at the top of his lungs at the 40th "Beef eating and shouting contest" at a hot spring resort in Yufu, Oita Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on Oct. 19, 2014. At the unique annual event, participants take turns shouting out what is on their minds after a scrumptious meal of barbequed local beef at a mountain meadow.

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