/ 2025 / Press / Performing Arts

A ritual to purify impurities

  • Prize
    Honorable Mention
  • Photographer
    Takashi Iwasaki, Japan

The sight of Sarutahiko wearing a Tengu mask walking through a pillar of fire about 3 meters high, kicking away sparks as he does so, to the sounds of loud drums and light flutes, created a fantastic atmosphere as a Shinto ritual to purify impurities.

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