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 Japanese Parade Features Giant Genitalia in Portable Shrines Published: Mar 25, 09 Comments: 1 Views: 5,939 There are many types of spring festivals and celebrations in the world, but perhaps none quite as ‘in your face’ as the bawdy rites of spring in Kawasaki, Japan. The Kanamara Matsuri takes place in early spring. The penis is the event’s central theme. It is used as a symbol of fertility and appears just about everywhere, like drawings, foods, carvings, decorations and in mikoshi parades. If the enthusiasm of the participants has any bearing on crop yield, they should have a bumper harvest this year.  In the west, a prayer to a penis god would probably center around size and speed issues; in Japan, these prayers tend to be about fertility concerns and healthy pregnancies. Therefore, it is in extreme poor taste to make up your own translations of the written prayers that couples put on the blocks of wood that are provided.
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