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Celebration Of San Lucas Fair - Spain

The herd of wild horses and riders pass by the Cathedral of Mondoñedo, during the fair of As San Lucas, October 17, 2025, in Mondoñedo, Lugo (Galicia). This is the oldest fair in Europe after 869 years of celebration, when King Alfonso VII in 1156 granted the town the status of city and authorized the celebration of a fair there. Photo by Carlos Castro / Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Celebration Of San Lucas Fair - Spain

The herd of wild horses and riders pass in front of the Cathedral of Mondoñedo, during the fair of As San Lucas, October 17, 2025, in Mondoñedo, Lugo (Galicia). This is the oldest fair in Europe after 869 years of celebration, when King Alfonso VII in 1156 granted the town the status of city and authorized the celebration of a fair there. Photo by Carlos Castro / Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Celebration Of San Lucas Fair - Spain

The herd of wild horses and riders pass in front of the Cathedral of Mondoñedo, during the fair of As San Lucas, October 17, 2025, in Mondoñedo, Lugo (Galicia). This is the oldest fair in Europe after 869 years of celebration, when King Alfonso VII in 1156 granted the town the status of city and authorized the celebration of a fair there. Photo by Carlos Castro / Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Celebration Of San Lucas Fair - Spain

The herd of wild horses and riders pass in front of the Cathedral of Mondoñedo, during the fair of As San Lucas, October 17, 2025, in Mondoñedo, Lugo (Galicia). This is the oldest fair in Europe after 869 years of celebration, when King Alfonso VII in 1156 granted the town the status of city and authorized the celebration of a fair there. Photo by Carlos Castro / Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Celebration Of San Lucas Fair - Spain

The herd of wild horses and riders pass in front of the Cathedral of Mondoñedo, during the fair of As San Lucas, October 17, 2025, in Mondoñedo, Lugo (Galicia). This is the oldest fair in Europe after 869 years of celebration, when King Alfonso VII in 1156 granted the town the status of city and authorized the celebration of a fair there. Photo by Carlos Castro / Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Celebration Of San Lucas Fair - Spain

The herd of wild horses and riders pass in front of the Cathedral of Mondoñedo, during the fair of As San Lucas, October 17, 2025, in Mondoñedo, Lugo (Galicia). This is the oldest fair in Europe after 869 years of celebration, when King Alfonso VII in 1156 granted the town the status of city and authorized the celebration of a fair there. Photo by Carlos Castro / Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Celebration Of San Lucas Fair - Spain

The herd of wild horses and riders pass in front of the Cathedral of Mondoñedo, during the fair of As San Lucas, October 17, 2025, in Mondoñedo, Lugo (Galicia). This is the oldest fair in Europe after 869 years of celebration, when King Alfonso VII in 1156 granted the town the status of city and authorized the celebration of a fair there. Photo by Carlos Castro / Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Celebration Of San Lucas Fair - Spain

The herd of wild horses and riders pass in front of the Cathedral of Mondoñedo, during the fair of As San Lucas, October 17, 2025, in Mondoñedo, Lugo (Galicia). This is the oldest fair in Europe after 869 years of celebration, when King Alfonso VII in 1156 granted the town the status of city and authorized the celebration of a fair there. Photo by Carlos Castro / Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Celebration Of San Lucas Fair - Spain

The herd of wild horses and riders pass in front of the Cathedral of Mondoñedo, during the fair of As San Lucas, October 17, 2025, in Mondoñedo, Lugo (Galicia). This is the oldest fair in Europe after 869 years of celebration, when King Alfonso VII in 1156 granted the town the status of city and authorized the celebration of a fair there. Photo by Carlos Castro / Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Celebration Of San Lucas Fair - Spain

The herd of wild horses and riders pass in front of the Cathedral of Mondoñedo, during the fair of As San Lucas, October 17, 2025, in Mondoñedo, Lugo (Galicia). This is the oldest fair in Europe after 869 years of celebration, when King Alfonso VII in 1156 granted the town the status of city and authorized the celebration of a fair there. Photo by Carlos Castro / Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Celebration Of San Lucas Fair - Spain

The herd of wild horses and riders pass in front of the Cathedral of Mondoñedo, during the fair of As San Lucas, October 17, 2025, in Mondoñedo, Lugo (Galicia). This is the oldest fair in Europe after 869 years of celebration, when King Alfonso VII in 1156 granted the town the status of city and authorized the celebration of a fair there. Photo by Carlos Castro / Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Celebration Of San Lucas Fair - Spain

The herd of wild horses and riders pass in front of the Cathedral of Mondoñedo, during the fair of As San Lucas, October 17, 2025, in Mondoñedo, Lugo (Galicia). This is the oldest fair in Europe after 869 years of celebration, when King Alfonso VII in 1156 granted the town the status of city and authorized the celebration of a fair there. Photo by Carlos Castro / Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Celebration Of San Lucas Fair - Spain

The herd of wild horses and riders pass in front of the Cathedral of Mondoñedo, during the fair of As San Lucas, October 17, 2025, in Mondoñedo, Lugo (Galicia). This is the oldest fair in Europe after 869 years of celebration, when King Alfonso VII in 1156 granted the town the status of city and authorized the celebration of a fair there. Photo by Carlos Castro / Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Celebration Of San Lucas Fair - Spain

The herd of wild horses and riders pass in front of the Cathedral of Mondoñedo, during the fair of As San Lucas, October 17, 2025, in Mondoñedo, Lugo (Galicia). This is the oldest fair in Europe after 869 years of celebration, when King Alfonso VII in 1156 granted the town the status of city and authorized the celebration of a fair there. Photo by Carlos Castro / Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Celebration Of San Lucas Fair - Spain

The herd of wild horses and riders pass in front of the Cathedral of Mondoñedo, during the fair of As San Lucas, October 17, 2025, in Mondoñedo, Lugo (Galicia). This is the oldest fair in Europe after 869 years of celebration, when King Alfonso VII in 1156 granted the town the status of city and authorized the celebration of a fair there. Photo by Carlos Castro / Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Gion Festival - Kyoto

People watch a decorated float during the Gion Festival in Kyoto, Japan, on July 24, 2024. The Gion Festival, which lasts throughout the entire month of July, is an annual traditional festival in Kyoto. It originated in 869 when a plague broke out in Kyoto. To pray for peace and the elimination of the disease, a grand festival was held. This festival gradually evolved into an annual fixed event and has continued to this day. Photo by Xinhua/Zhang Xiaoyu/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Gion Festival - Kyoto

People watch a decorated float during the Gion Festival in Kyoto, Japan, on July 24, 2024. The Gion Festival, which lasts throughout the entire month of July, is an annual traditional festival in Kyoto. It originated in 869 when a plague broke out in Kyoto. To pray for peace and the elimination of the disease, a grand festival was held. This festival gradually evolved into an annual fixed event and has continued to this day. Photo by Xinhua/Zhang Xiaoyu/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Gion Festival - Kyoto

A decorated float is seen during the Gion Festival in Kyoto, Japan, on July 24, 2024. The Gion Festival, which lasts throughout the entire month of July, is an annual traditional festival in Kyoto. It originated in 869 when a plague broke out in Kyoto. To pray for peace and the elimination of the disease, a grand festival was held. This festival gradually evolved into an annual fixed event and has continued to this day. Photo by Xinhua/Zhang Xiaoyu/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Gion Festival - Kyoto

A float is illuminated by lanterns during the Gion Festival in Kyoto, Japan, on July 23, 2024. The Gion Festival, which lasts throughout the entire month of July, is an annual traditional festival in Kyoto. It originated in 869 when a plague broke out in Kyoto. To pray for peace and the elimination of the disease, a grand festival was held. This festival gradually evolved into an annual fixed event and has continued to this day. Photo by Xinhua/Zhang Xiaoyu/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Gion Festival - Kyoto

People watch a decorated float during the Gion Festival in Kyoto, Japan, on July 24, 2024. The Gion Festival, which lasts throughout the entire month of July, is an annual traditional festival in Kyoto. It originated in 869 when a plague broke out in Kyoto. To pray for peace and the elimination of the disease, a grand festival was held. This festival gradually evolved into an annual fixed event and has continued to this day. Photo by Xinhua/Zhang Xiaoyu/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Gion Festival - Kyoto

A float is illuminated by lanterns during the Gion Festival in Kyoto, Japan, on July 23, 2024. The Gion Festival, which lasts throughout the entire month of July, is an annual traditional festival in Kyoto. It originated in 869 when a plague broke out in Kyoto. To pray for peace and the elimination of the disease, a grand festival was held. This festival gradually evolved into an annual fixed event and has continued to this day. Photo by Xinhua/Zhang Xiaoyu/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Gion Festival - Kyoto

A float is illuminated by lanterns during the Gion Festival in Kyoto, Japan, on July 23, 2024. The Gion Festival, which lasts throughout the entire month of July, is an annual traditional festival in Kyoto. It originated in 869 when a plague broke out in Kyoto. To pray for peace and the elimination of the disease, a grand festival was held. This festival gradually evolved into an annual fixed event and has continued to this day. Photo by Xinhua/Zhang Xiaoyu/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Gion Festival - Kyoto

People watch a float illuminated by lanterns during the Gion Festival in Kyoto, Japan, on July 23, 2024. The Gion Festival, which lasts throughout the entire month of July, is an annual traditional festival in Kyoto. It originated in 869 when a plague broke out in Kyoto. To pray for peace and the elimination of the disease, a grand festival was held. This festival gradually evolved into an annual fixed event and has continued to this day. Photo by Xinhua/Zhang Xiaoyu/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Gion Festival - Kyoto

People watch a decorated float during the Gion Festival in Kyoto, Japan, on July 24, 2024. The Gion Festival, which lasts throughout the entire month of July, is an annual traditional festival in Kyoto. It originated in 869 when a plague broke out in Kyoto. To pray for peace and the elimination of the disease, a grand festival was held. This festival gradually evolved into an annual fixed event and has continued to this day. Photo by Xinhua/Zhang Xiaoyu/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Gion Festival - Kyoto

People take photos with a float during the Gion Festival in Kyoto, Japan, on July 23, 2024. The Gion Festival, which lasts throughout the entire month of July, is an annual traditional festival in Kyoto. It originated in 869 when a plague broke out in Kyoto. To pray for peace and the elimination of the disease, a grand festival was held. This festival gradually evolved into an annual fixed event and has continued to this day. Photo by Xinhua/Zhang Xiaoyu/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Gion Festival - Kyoto

People watch a float illuminated by lanterns during the Gion Festival in Kyoto, Japan, on July 23, 2024. The Gion Festival, which lasts throughout the entire month of July, is an annual traditional festival in Kyoto. It originated in 869 when a plague broke out in Kyoto. To pray for peace and the elimination of the disease, a grand festival was held. This festival gradually evolved into an annual fixed event and has continued to this day. Photo by Xinhua/Zhang Xiaoyu/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Gion Festival - Kyoto

People wait to board a float during the Gion Festival in Kyoto, Japan, on July 23, 2024. The Gion Festival, which lasts throughout the entire month of July, is an annual traditional festival in Kyoto. It originated in 869 when a plague broke out in Kyoto. To pray for peace and the elimination of the disease, a grand festival was held. This festival gradually evolved into an annual fixed event and has continued to this day. Photo by Xinhua/Zhang Xiaoyu/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Gion Festival - Kyoto

A float is illuminated by lanterns during the Gion Festival in Kyoto, Japan, on July 23, 2024. The Gion Festival, which lasts throughout the entire month of July, is an annual traditional festival in Kyoto. It originated in 869 when a plague broke out in Kyoto. To pray for peace and the elimination of the disease, a grand festival was held. This festival gradually evolved into an annual fixed event and has continued to this day. Photo by Xinhua/Zhang Xiaoyu/ABACAPRESS.COM

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JAPAN-KYOTO-GION FESTIVAL

(240724) -- KYOTO, July 24, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- A float is illuminated by lanterns during the Gion Festival in Kyoto, Japan, on July 23, 2024. The Gion Festival, which lasts throughout the entire month of July, is an annual traditional festival in Kyoto. It originated in 869 when a plague broke out in Kyoto. To pray for peace and the elimination of the disease, a grand festival was held. This festival gradually evolved into an annual fixed event and has continued to this day. Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM/Zhang Xiaoyu)

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JAPAN-KYOTO-GION FESTIVAL

(240724) -- KYOTO, July 24, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- A float is illuminated by lanterns during the Gion Festival in Kyoto, Japan, on July 23, 2024. The Gion Festival, which lasts throughout the entire month of July, is an annual traditional festival in Kyoto. It originated in 869 when a plague broke out in Kyoto. To pray for peace and the elimination of the disease, a grand festival was held. This festival gradually evolved into an annual fixed event and has continued to this day. Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM/Zhang Xiaoyu)

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JAPAN-KYOTO-GION FESTIVAL

(240724) -- KYOTO, July 24, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- People watch a float illuminated by lanterns during the Gion Festival in Kyoto, Japan, on July 23, 2024. The Gion Festival, which lasts throughout the entire month of July, is an annual traditional festival in Kyoto. It originated in 869 when a plague broke out in Kyoto. To pray for peace and the elimination of the disease, a grand festival was held. This festival gradually evolved into an annual fixed event and has continued to this day. Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM/Zhang Xiaoyu)

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JAPAN-KYOTO-GION FESTIVAL

(240724) -- KYOTO, July 24, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- People watch a decorated float during the Gion Festival in Kyoto, Japan, on July 24, 2024. The Gion Festival, which lasts throughout the entire month of July, is an annual traditional festival in Kyoto. It originated in 869 when a plague broke out in Kyoto. To pray for peace and the elimination of the disease, a grand festival was held. This festival gradually evolved into an annual fixed event and has continued to this day. Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM/Zhang Xiaoyu)

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JAPAN-KYOTO-GION FESTIVAL

(240724) -- KYOTO, July 24, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- People watch a decorated float during the Gion Festival in Kyoto, Japan, on July 24, 2024. The Gion Festival, which lasts throughout the entire month of July, is an annual traditional festival in Kyoto. It originated in 869 when a plague broke out in Kyoto. To pray for peace and the elimination of the disease, a grand festival was held. This festival gradually evolved into an annual fixed event and has continued to this day. Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM/Zhang Xiaoyu)

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JAPAN-KYOTO-GION FESTIVAL

(240724) -- KYOTO, July 24, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- People wait to board a float during the Gion Festival in Kyoto, Japan, on July 23, 2024. The Gion Festival, which lasts throughout the entire month of July, is an annual traditional festival in Kyoto. It originated in 869 when a plague broke out in Kyoto. To pray for peace and the elimination of the disease, a grand festival was held. This festival gradually evolved into an annual fixed event and has continued to this day. Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM/Zhang Xiaoyu)

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JAPAN-KYOTO-GION FESTIVAL

(240724) -- KYOTO, July 24, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- People take photos with a float during the Gion Festival in Kyoto, Japan, on July 23, 2024. The Gion Festival, which lasts throughout the entire month of July, is an annual traditional festival in Kyoto. It originated in 869 when a plague broke out in Kyoto. To pray for peace and the elimination of the disease, a grand festival was held. This festival gradually evolved into an annual fixed event and has continued to this day. Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM/Zhang Xiaoyu)

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JAPAN-KYOTO-GION FESTIVAL

(240724) -- KYOTO, July 24, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- A float is illuminated by lanterns during the Gion Festival in Kyoto, Japan, on July 23, 2024. The Gion Festival, which lasts throughout the entire month of July, is an annual traditional festival in Kyoto. It originated in 869 when a plague broke out in Kyoto. To pray for peace and the elimination of the disease, a grand festival was held. This festival gradually evolved into an annual fixed event and has continued to this day. Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM/Zhang Xiaoyu)

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JAPAN-KYOTO-GION FESTIVAL

(240724) -- KYOTO, July 24, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- People watch a decorated float during the Gion Festival in Kyoto, Japan, on July 24, 2024. The Gion Festival, which lasts throughout the entire month of July, is an annual traditional festival in Kyoto. It originated in 869 when a plague broke out in Kyoto. To pray for peace and the elimination of the disease, a grand festival was held. This festival gradually evolved into an annual fixed event and has continued to this day. Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM/Zhang Xiaoyu)

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JAPAN-KYOTO-GION FESTIVAL

(240724) -- KYOTO, July 24, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- A float is illuminated by lanterns during the Gion Festival in Kyoto, Japan, on July 23, 2024. The Gion Festival, which lasts throughout the entire month of July, is an annual traditional festival in Kyoto. It originated in 869 when a plague broke out in Kyoto. To pray for peace and the elimination of the disease, a grand festival was held. This festival gradually evolved into an annual fixed event and has continued to this day. Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM/Zhang Xiaoyu)

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JAPAN-KYOTO-GION FESTIVAL

(240724) -- KYOTO, July 24, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- A decorated float is seen during the Gion Festival in Kyoto, Japan, on July 24, 2024. The Gion Festival, which lasts throughout the entire month of July, is an annual traditional festival in Kyoto. It originated in 869 when a plague broke out in Kyoto. To pray for peace and the elimination of the disease, a grand festival was held. This festival gradually evolved into an annual fixed event and has continued to this day. Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM/Zhang Xiaoyu)

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JAPAN-KYOTO-GION FESTIVAL

(240724) -- KYOTO, July 24, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- People watch a decorated float during the Gion Festival in Kyoto, Japan, on July 24, 2024. The Gion Festival, which lasts throughout the entire month of July, is an annual traditional festival in Kyoto. It originated in 869 when a plague broke out in Kyoto. To pray for peace and the elimination of the disease, a grand festival was held. This festival gradually evolved into an annual fixed event and has continued to this day. Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM/Zhang Xiaoyu)

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JAPAN-KYOTO-GION FESTIVAL

(240724) -- KYOTO, July 24, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- People watch a float illuminated by lanterns during the Gion Festival in Kyoto, Japan, on July 23, 2024. The Gion Festival, which lasts throughout the entire month of July, is an annual traditional festival in Kyoto. It originated in 869 when a plague broke out in Kyoto. To pray for peace and the elimination of the disease, a grand festival was held. This festival gradually evolved into an annual fixed event and has continued to this day. Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM/Zhang Xiaoyu)

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People crowd Kyoto on eve of Gion festival

KYOTO, Japan - People crowd the streets of Kyoto on July 16 on the eve of the annual ''Gion Matsuri (festival)''. The festival has its origin in 869, when 66 tall ''hoko (spears)'' representing the provinces of Japan were erected and prayers offered to counter an epidemic that had swept the city.

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Gion Matsuri reaches high point with Yamaboko

KYOTO, Japan - The Gion Festival, sponsored by Yasaka Shrine in Kyoto, reaches a high point on July 17 with a parade of Yamaboko (mountain spear) floats. The festival dates back to 869, when 66 tall spears were erected in the Imperial Park to fight a nationwide epidemic. The photo shows the Naginataboko (halberd spear) float leading the parade, which starts from the Shijyokarasuma section of the old Japanese capital.

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Dutch war dead families lay wreath

Family members of Dutch who died in Japan during World War II lay flowers Wednesday Oct. 14 at a memorial cross honoring 869 Dutch war dead in Mizumaki, Fukuoka Prefecture, in southwestern Japan. The cross originally marked the deaths of 53 Dutch prisoners who were brought to Mizumaki to work in the town's coal mine. The firm running the colliery put up the marker before Allied occupation troops arrived to conduct a probe into their deaths.

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Gion Festival begins in Kyoto

Boys head to Yasaka Shrine in Kyoto on July 1, 2019, to take part in the ritual marking the start of the Gion Festival. The boys will attend the "Osendo no Gi" ritual to pray for the success of the one-month festival in the former Japanese capital dating back to 869. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Gion Festival begins in Kyoto

A boy heads to Yasaka Shrine in Kyoto on July 1, 2019, to take part in the ritual marking the start of the Gion Festival. The boy will attend the "Osendo no Gi" ritual to pray for the success of the one-month festival in the former Japanese capital dating back to 869. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Gion Festival begins in Kyoto

A boy heads to Yasaka Shrine in Kyoto on July 1, 2019, to take part in the ritual marking the start of the Gion Festival. The boy will attend the "Osendo no Gi" ritual to pray for the success of the one-month festival in the former Japanese capital dating back to 869. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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People crowd Kyoto on eve of Gion festival

KYOTO, Japan - People crowd the streets of Kyoto on July 16 on the eve of the annual ''Gion Matsuri (festival)''. The festival has its origin in 869, when 66 tall ''hoko (spears)'' representing the provinces of Japan were erected and prayers offered to counter an epidemic that had swept the city.

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Gion Matsuri reaches high point with Yamaboko

KYOTO, Japan - The Gion Festival, sponsored by Yasaka Shrine in Kyoto, reaches a high point on July 17 with a parade of Yamaboko (mountain spear) floats. The festival dates back to 869, when 66 tall spears were erected in the Imperial Park to fight a nationwide epidemic. The photo shows the Naginataboko (halberd spear) float leading the parade, which starts from the Shijyokarasuma section of the old Japanese capital.

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Gion Matsuri reaches high point with Yamaboko

KYOTO, Japan - The Gion Festival, sponsored by Yasaka Shrine in Kyoto, reaches a high point on July 17 with a parade of Yamaboko (mountain spear) floats. The festival dates back to 869, when 66 tall spears were erected in the Imperial Park to fight a nationwide epidemic. The photo shows the Naginataboko (halberd spear) float leading the parade, which starts from the Shijyokarasuma section of the old Japanese capital.