Tsurugashima Dragon Festival

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鶴ヶ島　龍神祭 Tsurugashima Dragon Festival


sune ori amagoi 脚折雨乞
A festival as a rain ritual.
Usually in August. Saitama prefecture.

at shrine Shirahige Jinja 白鬚神社


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Suneori Amagoi
is a rainmaking ritual held on the first Sunday of August once every four years when the Summer Olympics roll around.


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Three hundred men carry a 36-meter-long gigantic dragon that weighs 3 tons made of bamboo and straw, bravely parade the 2-kilometer-long road from Shirahige Shrine in the Suneori district to Raiden Pond, and pray for rain and good harvest there. This rainmaking ritual, handed down from the Edo period, has been designated as an intangible folk cultural asset. .
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