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Japanese Mudslinging Festival Brings Good Luck

source: http://samuraidave.wordpress.com/2007/03/08/japanese-mudslinging-festival-brings-good-luck/

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In February, half-naked men in loinclothes and headbands gather in the cold water of a sacred pond to wrestle and sling mud at a shrine on the outskirts of Tokyo. The Dairokuten-no-Hadaka Matsuri is just one of many "naked" festivals in Japan. Hadaka means naked but in actuality the partipants wear a loincloth called a fundoshi. The mudslinging is to ensure good harvest for the year.
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