2/26/2009

Japan's annual "Mud Festival" ceremony


Residents attend a traditional "Mud Festival" ceremony in the rice field on the outskirts of Yotsukaido City, Chiba prefecure, suburban Tokyo, Japan, on Feb. 25, 2009. Participants took part in this annual "Mud Festival" ceremony wishing for a good luck and the new year have a good harvest by smearing mud on their bodies.


Residents attend a traditional "Mud Festival" ceremony in the rice field on the outskirts of Yotsukaido City, Chiba prefecure, suburban Tokyo, Japan, on Feb. 25, 2009. Participants took part in this annual "Mud Festival" ceremony wishing for a good luck and the new year have a good harvest by smearing mud on their bodies.


Residents attend a traditional "Mud Festival" ceremony in the rice field on the outskirts of Yotsukaido City, Chiba prefecure, suburban Tokyo, Japan, on Feb. 25, 2009. Participants took part in this annual "Mud Festival" ceremony wishing for a good luck and the new year have a good harvest by smearing mud on their bodies.


Residents attend a traditional "Mud Festival" ceremony in the rice field on the outskirts of Yotsukaido City, Chiba prefecure, suburban Tokyo, Japan, on Feb. 25, 2009. Participants took part in this annual "Mud Festival" ceremony wishing for a good luck and the new year have a good harvest by smearing mud on their bodies.


Residents attend a traditional "Mud Festival" ceremony in the rice field on the outskirts of Yotsukaido City, Chiba prefecure, suburban Tokyo, Japan, on Feb. 25, 2009. Participants took part in this annual "Mud Festival" ceremony wishing for a good luck and the new year have a good harvest by smearing mud on their bodies.


A father smears mud on his kid during a traditional "Mud Festival" ceremony in the rice field on the outskirts of Yotsukaido City, Chiba prefecure, suburban Tokyo, Japan, on Feb. 25, 2009. Participants took part in this annual "Mud Festival" ceremony wishing for a good luck and the new year have a good harvest by smearing mud on their bodies


Residents attend a traditional "Mud Festival" ceremony in the rice field on the outskirts of Yotsukaido City, Chiba prefecure, suburban Tokyo, Japan, on Feb. 25, 2009

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