/ 2025 / Press / Performing Arts

Purify

  • Prize
    Honorable Mention
  • Photographer
    Takashi Iwasaki, Japan

I was finally able to attend the 145-year-old ritual to purify the sacred object, which I had always wanted to see.
It was an overwhelming sight to see the local young men carrying the portable shrine through the blazing bonfires, kicking up sparks as they went.

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