Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2011/07/22

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Subject: [Leica] IMGs: Miyazaki Shrine Festival
From: scleroplex at gmail.com (scleroplex)
Date: Fri, 22 Jul 2011 15:22:34 -0400

super photos!
they do the festival justice.
nothing like indigenous culture to bring joy to local residents.
:-)
bharani



Date: Sat, 23 Jul 2011 00:06:37 +0900
From: Peter Cheyne <geordiepete211 at yahoo.co.uk>
Subject: [Leica] IMGs:  Miyazaki Shrine Festival
To: lug at leica-users.org
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Here is a slideshow from the weekend's festival here in Miyazaki.  Men
carried one portable shrine, women carried another.  The shrines were
raced, spun, then symbolically clashed: women's into men's.
Later there was a great taiko performance.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/geordiepete/sets/72157627254877454/show/

All the best,

Peter Cheyne