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In the New Year season, performers visit households to enact the traditional Lion's Dance, dispelling evil and bestowing blessings for the coming year. Here, the performer dons a shishi-gashira (lion's head), dancing with in combat with a second masked person to the tune of enka (traditional Japanese music)

JAPAN | Sunday, 29 August 2010 | Views [190]

In the New Year season, performers visit households to enact the traditional Lion's Dance, dispelling evil and bestowing blessings for the coming year. Here, the performer dons a shishi-gashira (lion's head), dancing with in combat with a second masked person to the tune of enka (traditional Japanese music)


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