Omizutori at Nara

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March 6, 2014 - Omizutori at Nara

Omizutori.
Water Drawing Festival.

*Taken from wikipedia
The story of how Shuni-e came to be continues to portray the original founder of Shuni-e, Jitchu, as the central character. It is told that the priest, Jitchu, made a journey deep into the mountains of Kasagi in 751 where he witnessed celestial beings performing a ceremony that was meant to cleanse and ask for repentance. Jitchu was so overwhelmed by the ceremony that he decided to bring the rite to the human world. He was warned that this would be a daunting task, but his desire was so strong that he believed he could overcome the task of transferring the rite between the heavens and the world of man. He decided that if he could perform the religious ceremony 1,000 times a day at running speed, he could bring the god's ceremony into his world.

Even though I came at about 6 pm, it was already crowded.

It's an amazing experience, they were running around the temple carrying huge torches.

If there's a word to describe this, I'd say that it's *beautiful*.

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