festivals & rites
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hinin-gyôretsu 非 人行列
beggars´procession
 

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The participants in the parade of hinin-gyôretsu, also haramitto or gongoro matsuri, start from the Gongorô-jinja shrine, display ten different masks said  to be have been made in middle of the 18th century - Kamakura City in September.

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Shintô priests - Gongorô shrine / Kamakura City
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Shintô priests gathering  (2)
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Shintô priests enter the shrine
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purification ritual = harai
with paper streamers = gohei
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purification ritual with a
sakaki branch
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"sweeping away" the impurity
with a sakaki branch
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beggars´ procession - masks
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beggars´ procession - masks  (2)
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beggars´ procession - masks  (3)
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beggars´ procession - masks  (4)
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 mask of otafuku = plain woman
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otafuku mask  (2)
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beggars´ procession - masks  (5)
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beggars´ procession - masks  (6)
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beggars´ procession - masks  (7)
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