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Nebuta Festival gets under way

AOMORI, Japan - Spectators look at large paper-made floats paraded on streets in Aomori, northern Honshu, on Aug. 2 as the famous annual ''Nebuta matsuri'' (festival) began the same day for a six-day run.

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Nebuta Festival gets under way

AOMORI, Japan - The famous ''Nebuta matsuri (festival)'' featuring large paper-made floats begins in Aomori, northern Honshu, on Aug. 2. The floats have enormous images of popular legendary characters and are lit from the inside, making them glow eerily in the dark. After the festival, they are thrown into a river or the sea as a means of sending away illness or bad fortune.

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Nebuta Festival gets under way

AOMORI, Japan - Spectators look at large paper-made floats paraded on streets in Aomori, northern Honshu, on Aug. 2 as the famous annual ''Nebuta matsuri'' (festival) began the same day for a six-day run. (Kyodo)