Oni Oi Perform

A man performs ritual ogre dance as man takes photographs during the Oni Oi annual festival at Shosha Temple on January 18, 2013 in Himeji, Japan. Two men dress as Red-skinned ogre and a green-skinned ogre holding a sword, a bell and a flaming torch in their hands perform ritual dance inside the dark temple building with sounds of the temple bell. Many Japanese Buddhist temples perform ritual Oni oi festival beginning of the year to pray for a bountiful harvest and remove misfortune.  (Photo by Buddhika Weerasinghe)

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A dark room which scene of perform ritual ogres dance during the Oni Oi annual festival at Shosha Temple on January 18, 2013 in Himeji, Japan. Two men dress as Red-skinned ogre and a green-skinned ogre holding a sword, a bell and a flaming torch in their hands perform ritual dance inside the dark temple building with sounds of the temple bell. Many Japanese Buddhist temples perform ritual Oni oi festival beginning of the year to pray for a bountiful harvest and remove misfortune.  (Photo by Buddhika Weerasinghe)

Men perform ritual ogres dance during the Oni Oi annual festival at Shosha Temple on January 18, 2013 in Himeji, Japan. Two men dress as Red-skinned ogre and a green-skinned ogre holding a sword, a bell and a flaming torch in their hands perform ritual dance inside the dark temple building with sounds of the temple bell. Many Japanese Buddhist temples perform ritual Oni oi festival beginning of the year to pray for a bountiful harvest and remove misfortune.  (Photo by Buddhika Weerasinghe)

A man performs ritual ogre dance during the Oni Oi annual festival at Shosha Temple on January 18, 2013 in Himeji, Japan. Two men dress as Red-skinned ogre and a green-skinned ogre holding a sword, a bell and a flaming torch in their hands perform ritual dance inside the dark temple building with sounds of the temple bell. Many Japanese Buddhist temples perform ritual Oni oi festival beginning of the year to pray for a bountiful harvest and remove misfortune.  (Photo by Buddhika Weerasinghe)

A man performs ritual ogre dance during the Oni Oi annual festival at Shosha Temple on January 18, 2013 in Himeji, Japan. Two men dress as Red-skinned ogre and a green-skinned ogre holding a sword, a bell and a flaming torch in their hands perform ritual dance inside the dark temple building with sounds of the temple bell. Many Japanese Buddhist temples perform ritual Oni oi festival beginning of the year to pray for a bountiful harvest and remove misfortune.  (Photo by Buddhika Weerasinghe)

A man performs ritual ogre dance during the Oni Oi annual festival at Shosha Temple on January 18, 2013 in Himeji, Japan. Two men dress as Red-skinned ogre and a green-skinned ogre holding a sword, a bell and a flaming torch in their hands perform ritual dance inside the dark temple building with sounds of the temple bell. Many Japanese Buddhist temples perform ritual Oni oi festival beginning of the year to pray for a bountiful harvest and remove misfortune.  (Photo by Buddhika Weerasinghe)

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