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Hi everybody, there was a report on German TV about Hadaka Masuri in Okayama, Japan. A religious ceremony. Thousands of (nearly) naked men stand in a temple and try to catch one of two wooden sticks. Those two who catch the sticks and manage to bring them out of the temple have luck for one year. Every year there are broken bones and sometimes more.  Very Japanese!  Very strange for Europeans and christians.  But it looked like the men who took part had a lot of fun!  One of the Japanese participants said: "It's nearly 0°C, I'm nearly naked and some people spray me with cold water (which also belongs to this ceremony). I am Japanese, but I dont exactly know why I'm doing this."  CU Andreas
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